My new DIY Toy!!!

[350xfire]

After almost a full day of work, finally got it home! 12x36 Taiwanese lathe, 1979 vintage, 3000+ lbs. Five guys to load it and 3 to unload it. Paint in progress, yes, it was much uglier when I brought it home, lol. Hey for $300 who cares right?

 

[Van Isle]

Nice. Just a few mods, some rails and servo motors...and you'll have yourself a cnc machine, ya?

 

[HenrikBP]

Nice ...! Pictures ...?

 

[herman]

whew, too much lathe for me, my old Atlas 6x19 does fine.....now what I need is a milling machine...

 

[350xfire]

Ooops. I'll need to load one up for some reason it didn't. And yes, next milling machine!

 

[Packhorse]

Nice one 350.

Lathes are like boats. You always need something a little bigger!

 

[350xfire]

Here you guys go! And yes Pack, you quickly realize that you need that extra spindle bore or the extra tailstock travel or the extra ...... you know!!! She's pretty ugly, but runs fine. I did some more painting on her after this picture.

 

[deepwater]

Nice one 350.

Lathes are like boats. You always need something a little bigger!

I guess this is why I don't have a lathe, I just got this DIY project. The 25' Dive Platform "Baillie Lynn" http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/deepwater_2006/Dive Platform Baillie Lynn/boat010a-1.jpg

 

[Scubaru_Steve]

Very cool.

 

[maxarg]

Excellent craft....
Only to sail in rivers?