Lathe for sale

[norman valentineParticipant @normanvalentine78682]

[norman valentineParticipant @normanvalentine78682]

I saw this homemade lathe on Ebay. The owner certainly didn't skimp on the paint!

Ebay item no.172506289779

[David ColwillParticipant @davidcolwill19261]

Hi,

This has been up for a while now. It started off at a much higher price, possibly £200.00. It has been reduced over the weeks but strangely no one has bought it.

David.

[Boiler BriParticipant @boilerbri]

I don't think it's strange. It probably is only any use for wood.

[Martin WParticipant @martinw]

I don't know about the probability of being only any use for wood. Most of it appears to be made of wood and a bit of Meccano for good measure ! I'm not sure it would stand up turning wood unless it was balsa or similar. I reckon at £100 it will still be there for a long time.

Edited By Martin W on 02/02/2017 12:50:13

[MWParticipant @mw27036]

It doesn't seem likely that a long time engineer would've built this with the primary purpose of turning being in mind, He's got a drill chuck on it with carborundum grinding bit in there, there isn't a lot of movement on the slide. I think there's a clue there.

Michael W

[John RuddParticipant @johnrudd16576]

It could be 'a bit of modern machine art'…….

The drill chuck looks as though its attached to an old drill gearbox body, such as a B & D…..which in turn is driven by the motor…..

 

 

Edited By John Rudd on 02/02/2017 12:57:07

Edited By John Rudd on 02/02/2017 12:58:06

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

It looks like it was made to do some specialist grinding job to me, the 'tailstock' is actually a pusher to move the slide past the grinding wheel.

Neil

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

JR is right. Would you pay that much for a black and decker drill?

[NJHParticipant @njh]

A piece of advanced "bodgerie" I think – I particularly like the purple paint – it would serve as a great ornament/ door stop almost anywhere……..on the other hand a brick would serve the same purpose and maybe have greater aesthetic appeal!

N

Edited By NJH on 02/02/2017 13:46:46

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

…The drill chuck looks as though its attached to an old drill gearbox body, such as a B & D…..which in turn is driven by the motor…..

A 'one off' speciality job methinks.

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

Well at least it gave me a laugh on an otherwise grim day!

[David Standing 1Participant @davidstanding1]

I saw it weeks ago too.

'Owned by a time served engineer'. Hmmm, what did he serve – 20 years in Wormwood Scrubs for impersonating an engineer?!

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

I s'pose we could give some credit for innovation / ingenuity

George

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

A lot of criticism from people who have no idea of what it is supposed to do, and whether it does it or not.

And another thread complains about John Stevenson!

[nigel jones 5Participant @nigeljones5]

The motor would be worth a few pounds but as Robbo points out, we dont know what its for so cant comment on its suitability. Might make selling it difficult though.

[norman valentineParticipant @normanvalentine78682]

I deliberately did not comment on its suitability for anything ( far be it for me to comment on other peoples ability), although I do think that it has limited use. The main thing that I noticed was how thick the paint is! (look at picture 7)

 

Edited By norman valentine on 03/02/2017 20:22:56

[David ColwillParticipant @davidcolwill19261]

Should anyone purchase this lathe perhaps they could consider this to go with it. **LINK**

David.

[HacksawParticipant @hacksaw]

Looking at the other items being sold,for the elderly relative , (a seamstress ? ) it could be for making wooden bobbins , and he was a civil engineer . He had a mk2 1600e cortina , and had some paint left over in the shed . Good detective me 

Edited By Hacksaw on 03/02/2017 21:57:49

[Mick HenshallParticipant @mickhenshall99321]

I have an Adcock & Shipley same one as David links to,cost me £30 and is a good piece of kit, has the power feed missing could do with a new motor but does the job for me

Mick

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