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I’ve already had a fair bit of help here (thank you), but I thought best to introduce myself. Just a guy who in later life that finally has a bit of disposable income to satisfy my tinkering.

At the moment I’m trying to figure out the best way to restore a cheap Portass lathe I’ve purchased, not much to look at but I’ve done a fair amount of work on my Unimat 3
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