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Old 02-07-2008   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by peter22 View Post
Hi Greg
I got a lathe a few months ago - no experience, other than turning a poker handle at school 50 years ago!! - recently finished 32 cannons for my frigate, repeating the same exercise gave me confidence but it's soooo boring
Peter
For a beginner to lathe work, making 32 of the same part is very off putting! Nice job on those though! Machine tools can get very expensive though as it's more a case of what do I need to buy to do xyz, than actually being able to get on with it.
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