I'm truly going to have to stop...

[Fretters]

putting the initial bid on things on Ebay, so that I can easily find the item in my bids list, and also decide later whether to up my bid or not later on. Honestly was not expecting to be the only bidder on this. Picked it up today, so that bit of space I'd made in the workshop is about to vanish.

 

[Farmer J.]

Maybe you should put a bid on a bigger workshop..
Nice lathe.

 

[Garett]

Sounds like you got a deal! Why don't you just use the Ebay watch list?

As long as I can use it or think you can resell quickly for a profit I don't mind bidding. I'm usually buying cars tho.

 

[drivesitfar]

Fretters: that lathe hits most of the COOL POINTS. WELL DONE!!

does it work as is or need some of your knowledge and skills to make it work like it should?

congrats!!

 

[Toothaker]

So, you want to stop buying tools, and you're hanging around here? Isn't that like an alcoholic who's trying to stop who goes to a college kegger? There ain't too many around here who will help.

Good looking lathe! Now go buy more tools.

 

[Fretters]

Sounds like you got a deal! Why don't you just use the Ebay watch list?

I have so much "keep that in my watchlist for when I need it" things in that list, I tend to have a devil of a time finding what I'm looking for.

Plus, with this one, even though I was expecting to be outbid, I'd have been letting myself down by not making a token bid on one with the tumbler addition. They don't crop up often, and that tumble reverse assembly alone usually sells for half or more than I paid for the lathe complete. I did drop on lucky with this. Just wasn't expecting to. Also found, when I went to pick it up, that it has a thread dial indicator too. They're an addition not oft seen, and not cheap either.

 

[Fretters]

Fretters: that lathe hits most of the COOL POINTS. WELL DONE!!

does it work as is or need some of your knowledge and skills to make it work like it should?

congrats!!

Looks like this one should be a worker with little bar minor fettling. Even the surface rust isn't as bad as it appears. Most of it is wiping off with an oily rag. The rest should only need a light scrubbing.

That countershaft unit is more impressive than I first thought too. Someone has put some fair old thought & effort into making that. The photo's definitely don't do it justice. I will be changing the mounting though. Don't like that type of weight being bolted to the back of the bed.

So, you want to stop buying tools, and you're hanging around here? Isn't that like an alcoholic who's trying to stop who goes to a college kegger? There ain't too many around here who will help.

Good looking lathe! Now go buy more tools.

 

[Fretters]

Maybe you should put a bid on a bigger workshop..
Nice lathe.

Cheers. Could do with one. I'm supposed to be whittling down my collection, and each time I get rid of something, the collection grows. I've obviously not got the hang of this whittling down lark as yet.

 

[whateg01]

I have so much "keep that in my watchlist for when I need it" things in that list, I tend to have a devil of a time finding what I'm looking for.

...

I'm in exactly the same boat. Well, maybe not buying that lathe, but my watch list is full of stuff that I actually do need to refer back to once in awhile that I often use a low bid as a way to bookmark items on Ebay. And I win one once in awhile. I never bid on something I wouldn't be okay buying, though. I like the look of those machines, with the way the mount to the bench or stand. Pretty cool!

Dave

 

[Toothaker]

Looks like this one should be a worker with little bar minor fettling. Even the surface rust isn't as bad as it appears. Most of it is wiping off with an oily rag. The rest should only need a light scrubbing.

That countershaft unit is more impressive than I first thought too. Someone has put some fair old thought & effort into making that. The photo's definitely don't do it justice. I will be changing the mounting though. Don't like that type of weight being bolted to the back of the bed.

And with that we all know it's in capable hands. Excellent. Or, "brilliant!" as the phrase goes in your part of the world.

 

[Lee Celtic]

I'm guilty too...

I call them cheeky bids.. way too low to be real but you never know..

Nice lathe.. I have two cheeky bid cars.. and an industrial floor cleaner I got for less than a dollar.. cheeky bids for the win.. Never stop..

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Sometimes you get lucky

 

[drivesitfar]

Fretters: I think you are going to need to take a lot more pictures and post them if you have time with all this talk about all the bits and pieces on your new lathe.

sounds nice!!

 

[Fretters]

I'm in exactly the same boat. Well, maybe not buying that lathe, but my watch list is full of stuff that I actually do need to refer back to once in awhile that I often use a low bid as a way to bookmark items on Ebay. And I win one once in awhile. I never bid on something I wouldn't be okay buying, though. I like the look of those machines, with the way the mount to the bench or stand. Pretty cool!

Dave

It's an easy way to keep track, isn't it. Gives you the odd unexpected surprise. First M type which I've got the actual tray for, so this one will be going on its stand, hopefully. The one I'm currently rebuilding had no tray with it, so that's on the bench, and I'm using an old, knacked surface plate as the base for that.

All of the pieces are currently placed just inside the workshop door. Either the bits are getting heavier, or I'm getting older. Going to use this one as is, after a basic fettle. Don't want to be starting with another project & ending up with a pile of bits that I can't use until it's done, again.

I'll be posting more photo's when I get chance DIF. Just need to be able to get back into my workshop first.

 

[Farmer J.]

I'm guilty too...

I call them cheeky bids.. way too low to be real but you never know..

Nice lathe.. I have two cheeky bid cars.. and an industrial floor cleaner I got for less than a dollar.. cheeky bids for the win.. Never stop..

Ha ha.. Beware the low bid.. I once got 4 scraggy cattle at the auction mart, I put in a silly low bid just to get the sale moving, then one of the dealers cracked a joke and whilst the others were laughing and not paying attention the hammer fell and I got them!!

 

[laser3kw]

I call them "Aw ****" bids.
I am guilty of buying stuff that way. Just get in to nudge the bid and before you know it, your the high bidder. But I never bid on something unless I real will take it.

 

[Fretters]

Quite glad I got this lathe. A few minor bits need sorting, but it generally seems in fairly decent nick. Going over it just gving it a general clean & fettle, but resisting disassembling any part unless there's actual need. Looks like it should be a decent, usable machine without massive effort. Current state.

 

[Boilerhouse]

Perhaps I missed it in another post but anyways, whose make is the lathe?

 

[Fretters]

It's a Drummond M type, 3-1/2”, (7" using your system), lathe. Not been able to date it exactly as there's no visible serial, but somewhere between 1925 to early WWII it would have been made.