Recent content by lerand

I'm pretty dense when it comes to lathes... what tells you that it was a metal lathe?

My grandfather was notorious for modifying or building his own power tools, so its likely that he did some retrofitting. Say it was restored to working order, what type of work would be possible with a lathe like this? Not to get off topic, just to give you an idea of some of his...

This will be a little pic heavy.... Here is the tooling etc: And a few more with detail on the lathe: This is a rest? I'm not real sure but it has broken twice during moves (once while loading into my truck). My great uncle brazed it back together.

Thanks for all the input so far. More pics are on the way. And I'm in Houston, TX.

I brought this home after a recent family visit. It had been in my aunt's barn, she had gotten tired of moving it around and so had given it to my great uncle, and now I've got it. I've been told my grandfather used it as a metal lathe. I'm thinking about passing it along to someone who...

A little off-topic, I'm looking for something to put over carpet under my reloading workbench. I think I found my answer in this thread. I just ordered the rubber interlocking tiles from Garage Flooring. I'll give an update with how they work.

Thanks for the write-up, I'll be incorporating a small wall of these in my new garage.

I got tired of welding on the ground pretty quick. Here's the welding table I picked up off craigslist. It has a 1/4" plate covered by a stainless sheet work surface. P1040698 by XPDLab, on Flickr P1030818 by XPDLab, on Flickr

Here's another weld pic or two. They may not be the prettiest, but pretty good penetration, and I'm convinced they'll get the job done. P1030773 by XPDLab, on Flickr P1030758 by XPDLab, on Flickr

Thanks for the link, I usually follow the welding thread over there... I've learned some very interesting stuff (usually pretty inapplicable in the short term though). The amount of experienced members on that thread is awesome. I haven't started a thread on the bike build yet. I've been in...

What are you riding these days Kippieland? My WR isn't too bad, now the XR600R... that's a b*tch to start! Thanks for the kind words on the bench, I'll have to post up a current pic of it, its always getting added on to.

Thanks for the comment on the weld. I'll take any TIG advice that comes my way. I'm trying to teach myself the crash course method before I start welding on anything too important, or critical.

Projects huh... I've been trying to get some traction on a custom scrambler motorcycle build for the last few months... I think I've finally got what I need to make some progress. I'll be posting up some updates on that over at ADVrider once I get a little more done on it. Here's what I've...

Parting shot P1030282-15 by XPDLab, on Flickr That's all for tonight, I'd like to consider this the end of the first stage. With the workbench in place I could finally get to work on a couple of small projects that I needed to take care of. It's still a long way from where it is today, and...

Work Bench here I come Now I need a work surface. Growing up we always had old cabinets and countertops installed for workbenches. It was a good setup, but plywood and 2x4s will have to do for this one. P1030238-7 by XPDLab, on Flickr Got a new tool for the job. P1030240-8 by XPDLab, on...