Keen beginner

[Darren BinghamParticipant @darrenbingham71373]

Hello to all!
My name is Darren I’m 30 years old and I am a cabinet maker and pipe organ builder.

I am looking for a lathe and a milling attachment. I’m going to try my best to learn how to use them.

I always have a project on the go and I’m sure these skills will help me no end.
I have always loved steam power. I think this is a good excuse to actually get into making something.

Any help and guidance really will be appreciated.
Thank you

Darren

[Darren BinghamParticipant @darrenbingham71373]

Any help much appreciated

[egaParticipant @ega]

Nice combination of skills and reminds me of an old friend who may have ingested too much dust whilst tuning up in the loft.

I assume you now have your lathe as I see from your other thread that you are tackling parting off.

[Darren BinghamParticipant @darrenbingham71373]

Good evening!
thank you for your reply.
I’m still after a lathe for home, preferably an ml10.
the lathe in question on my other post is a Harrison that we have at work.
Ive not used it a great deal, but I’m trying to gain some extra knowledge so I can use it confidently and safely.
I am by no means a stranger to machinery, but I must admit it did make me jump when it jammed up!
made me think that I could do with some extra help!

I should probably add that perfection is generally a great part of my job. I’d like to think that I’d be capable of setting up such machinery, but i thought it best to ask for help from people who really know.

[Brian HParticipant @brianh50089]

Hello Darren and welcome. It always surprises me what different projects people on here have.There are lots of discussions on what type of machinery to buy but you need to decide if you are working in inches or mm's or both along with what size of component you are likely to make and what space you have available. Another important consideration is cost.

Brian

[Brian HParticipant @brianh50089]

Hello Darren and welcome. It always surprises me what different projects people on here have.There are lots of discussions on what type of machinery to buy but you need to decide if you are working in inches or mm's or both along with what size of component you are likely to make and what space you have available. Another important consideration is cost.

Brian

[Darren BinghamParticipant @darrenbingham71373]

Thanks Brian,

I am after a Myford ml10, mostly because of a recommendation from a friend.
id like imperial, mainly as I don’t tend to work in imperial a great deal so I’d like to learn.

i don’t have a massive amount of space or money for that matter, but that said, if it’s more expensive I’ll just save until I can get what I want, rather than buying something I won’t be happy with

[old martParticipant @oldmart]

As you are not prejudiced between imperial or metric, you should go for the best machine you can get whichever system it uses. We have two mills, one imperial and the other metric, and the work gets measured to match whichever machine is used.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Welcome to the forum, Darren,

You need to make a calliope!

Neil

[Darren BinghamParticipant @darrenbingham71373]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 10/06/2020 21:16:37:

Welcome to the forum, Darren,

You need to make a calliope!

Neil

Thank you Neil
Yes! Maybe I should!
I probably need to start collecting loco whistles

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