Thread: New old lathe

Back in the day at Cashmere High I opted to have 7 periods of practical metalwork (no theory) as my optional subject in the 6th form. I was allowed access to the metalwork shop to do this by myself (can't see that going down well with the OSH freaks these days) and used the time well. Amongst other things I made a bullet mould and a set of loading dies for my .38 S&W Victory Model (purchased in my school uniform on a street corner one evening for 8 Pounds including a box of ammo), a new cylinder locking bolt for the same gun after I broke the original spinning and closing the cylinder, and a new set of valves (remachined from old car valves) for a 1928 Harley Davidson that a class-mate was restoring. They really were the good old days (despite almost 200 strokes of the cane in my 3rd, 4th, and 5th form years!).