Thread: Lathe & mill projects

Earlier this year @stumpy discovered that nappies and baby food apparently is a higher priority than a metalwork hobby...

So after some negotiations with the Mrs (profuse begging and groveling did the trick), I managed to convince the better half that this was too good a deal to pass on. Lathe & mill at the same time, with oodles of tooling (xmas in my world).

Stumpy was not lying when he said the mill was a large lass. Took myself, a mate and an engine hoist to move "big bertha" into her final resting place.

The mill is a Rong Fu 30 copy, round column. Nothing fancy, but nice large bed and that sold it for me as I wanted a mill for stock inletting etc. The lathe is an early Myford ML7, I think 1948 if the serial number registry is correct.

I cleaned the machines, re-built the lathe bench and set about discovering what all the bits and pieces were for...

Will be using this thread to post pics of my attempts at metalwork.