Painting of me using my ML7

[Mick BaileyParticipant @mickbailey28509]

My Wife usually paints landscapes, but decided to paint me while I was using my ML7. I was using the vertical slide and there’s a spotlight above my head. I think it captures the moment really well and there’s a fair bit of detail perhaps only appreciated by fellow lathe users.

[Harry WilkesParticipant @harrywilkes58467]

Nice work by your wife

H

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

I like that!

Rod

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Congratulations Mrs. Bailey … That’s a fine piece of work.

MichaelG.

[David SeniorParticipant @davidsenior29320]

That’s really good. Reminds me of a postcard I have of the wartime painting by Dame Laura Knight called ‘Ruby Lofthouse Screwing a Breech Ring’. The kind of painting I would love to have on my wall.

Dave

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi, yes that’s a very good painting indeed.

Regards Nick.

[bernard towersParticipant @bernardtowers37738]

Very talented and just a bit jealous as cutting bits of metal doesn’t come close, my wife makes and repairs ecclesiastical robes but I wont be wearing any of them anytime soon!!!!

[Lee RogersParticipant @leerogers95060]

What a beautiful piece of work. Respect to Mrs. Bailey.

 

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Very talented. She has captured the technical detail amazingly well for a non-machinist. Even got the countershaft swinging H frame drooping on the left side after 50 years of belt tension working on it! And the leadscrew even has a lefthand thread. I think she knows more about the ML7 than she’s letting on. Have you been finding any strange swarf on the floor in the mornings?

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Double post. Deleted.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Wow!

That’s excellent.

 

Neil

[FulmenParticipant @fulmen]

Wow, you must be a slow worker 🙂

 

No seriously, I would buy that. Simply wonderful.

[Grizzly bearParticipant @grizzlybear]

@ Hopper,

I like the way you think.

Bear…………

[GreensandsParticipant @greensands]

Could that possibly be a tin of Kasenit on the lower shelf?

[Mick BaileyParticipant @mickbailey28509]

Ah! close – it’s an old tin of Trefolex. Seems to be lasting me forever – I bought it in 1982.

Thanks everyone for the compliments and kind words. For a non-technical person to paint a fairly accurate representation that passes muster with an expert audience is some achievement. It’s the type of painting that really appeals to me and I’ve been an admirer of the technical illustrations that adorned F.J. Camm’s ‘Camm’s Comics’ for many years. I’d love to own an original cover illustration. Similarly the technical subjects depicted in the Ladybird books.

We looked up ‘Ruby Lofthouse Screwing a Breech Ring’ and agreed that this is probably the ultimate in such work. The detail and accuracy are breathtaking. Of course, this led on to further research and admiration.

I do hope my wife is encouraged enough to continue along this line.

[brickyParticipant @bricky]

great work Mrs Bailey very painterly indeed.

Frank

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