Id swap him my ML4 for the Super 7, its lighter and less likely to capsize his narrow boat

If he were a real mate he would let you buy it off him for what he paid

ML 7s make super mud weights.
Boxford owner !!

I think his canal boat needs a little re-engineering with a few holes, that way it can all go rusty together

In view of the intended fate of this particular lathe would he not be prepared to swop it for one of lesser quality which would actually look the same? Perhaps a cash adjustment of say £150????

Mike

Edited By Watford on 17/07/2017 19:52:22

Gentlemen,

Whilst this is a waste of a perfectly good lathe please remember one thing, if he has paid the asking price he is now the owner and can do what he likes with it regardless of our views.

Martin P

I live in Warrington, I could come with you and bring a pick axe handle (only joking)

Nick, I wonder if you could get him to agree to you ebay-ing it, giving him his original £100 back, then splitting the proceeds three ways: to you as commission, to him as a reward for doing the decent thing, and to the original seller who would probably be delighted?

I used to have a narrowboat, I would have loved to have had a lathe INSIDE the boat!

Regards,

John.

Narrowboats don't turn they always wind.

       (you really need to be a boater to understand that)

regards Martin

Edited By Martin Kyte on 18/07/2017 09:49:02

So the plan now is for Nick to report the barge's movements through the canal system on the forum.

Then legions of local members will buttonhole the proud owner wherever he is and say 'My god that was a £5000 Myford! Which numpty did that to it? Is he bonkers?" After the fifth or sixth such conversation the poor chap will be feeling like the publisher who rejected Harry Potter. And it could go on for years, and years, and years…