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9 June 2020 at 21:09 #40838
Richard Jarvis
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9 June 2020 at 21:10 #478778
Richard Jarvis
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I have a Cromwell and Ml7 Lathes, and an Amolco Mill,I’ve owned the Cromwell for 25 years but have never done any serious machining.
Wanting to learn to use them properly is why I’m here, the plan is to either build a Wig Wag or small workshop tools as a starter project.

Richard
10 June 2020 at 08:21 #478819
Henry Brown
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Welcome Richard! Lots of good advice here, and some not so good, but if you've been in the game for 25 years I'm sure you will sort the wheat from the chaff.

Orkney is one of our favourite places, we had planned another visit this year!
10 June 2020 at 09:18 #478840
Michael Gilligan
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Posted by Richard Jarvis on 09/06/2020 21:10:00:

I have a Cromwell and Ml7 Lathes, and an Amolco Mill,I’ve owned the Cromwell for 25 years but have never done any serious machining.
Wanting to learn to use them properly is why I’m here, the plan is to either build a Wig Wag or small workshop tools as a starter project.

Richard

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Is this what you have in mind, Richard ?

**LINK**

If so, p14 et seq. of this might be of interest:

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http://www.awci.com/wp-content/uploads/ht/1991/1991-07-web.pdf

MichaelG.
10 June 2020 at 09:27 #478844
Harry Wilkes
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Welcome to the forum

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10 June 2020 at 10:25 #478861
Richard Jarvis
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Thanks for the replies, I might have owned the Cromwell for 25 years but only actually used it a few times to make nylon bushes. Whatever project I start with it will be a steep learning curve as I have not worked to such fine tolerances that will be needed, it will be a challenge along with sourcing materials at reasonable delivery costs, which can be very expensive at times to where we live.

Richard
10 June 2020 at 10:40 #478866
Brian H
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Hello Richard and welcome to this most useful forum. I'm not sure what to suggest for a project but workshop items are always good.

Books by Harold Hall are a good start, lots of projects so you can pick and choose suitable ones to start with and you end up with something useful as well as learning at the same time.

Brian
10 June 2020 at 12:20 #478883
Richard Jarvis
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Thank you, I’ve just ordered a couple of HH books, Tool and Cutter sharpening and one about Milling. I do have a book on making small workshop tools so may start with that, as you say learning and hopefully ending up with something useful.

Richard
10 June 2020 at 21:14 #478997
Neil Wyatt
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Hello Richard,

Welcome to the forum,

Neil
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