Love of lathes.

[AlanBeckett]

The metal tray is big and heavy and I didn't fancy trying to clean this by hand.

Don't drop it unless it's on your foot 'cause it might well break. Of course your foot wouldn't like it either

The Drip Tray on a pre-war Colchester Bantam that I had was similar, and probably bigger. Getting it back on to the Legs, and then the Bed on top was not a one-man job. Each end had four bolts. Two went only into the Tray, from underneath, and two went all the way through. I was always nervous about the thicknes of the Casting at the top of the Legs, but it seemed to stand it OK.

Metal Alligator clips would possibly drive me mad with their constant clicking over the pulleys; only two joints would be needed but five pulleys are involved so the clicking would be continuous?

I quite like the 'click, click'

Alan