Peteff
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 05:37 PM |
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A friend of mine has a Student lathe from the place he worked at. He bought it for £600 and it cost him nearly that to install it at home but it is a
beautiful tool. He is very good with it as well, he makes model trains and turns me a few bits up.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 13/9/06 at 07:36 AM |
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Originally posted by David Jenkins
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Originally posted by NS Dev
Student is the one to have if you don't have too much space
In industrial circles the Student is regarded as a school or training lathe and thus a 'small lathe'. In reality it's a half-tonne
of iron & steel approx 2 metres long, 1 metre deep and 1.5 metres high (rough guess, as I'm not at home just now). My Student weighs almost
as much as my Locost.
In other words, it's a small industrial machine, but a big lump to fit into a garage...
Damn fine for tough 'home-sized' machining though - I often take 6mm cuts in mild steel using power feed, with swarf coming off in
continuous lengths like razor wire! The 3-phase motor hardly notices the load.
The biggest problem I have is with the noise from the headstock gearbox when using the top 2 speeds - straight cut gears working hard.
David
[Edited on 12/9/06 by David Jenkins]
Cheers David, put my mind at rest there, thought it was just my headstock gearbox that did that!!!
full revs with the leadscrew box engaged really does scream it!!!!
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 13/9/06 at 07:43 AM |
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I've used a student in a large workshop, and didn't think it was very noisy - now mine is in the back end of my garage and I just
can't run it on the 2 top speeds without ear defenders, and certainly not late in the evening! Extremely loud in a small space...
DJ
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NS Dev
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| posted on 13/9/06 at 11:41 AM |
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......which is probably a bit irritating because lots of "car sized" jobs need around the 600-1000 rpm mark!!! lol!
found the same trouble with mine!
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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