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4 September 2022 at 10:56 #612301
nigel bown
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Hi all recently semi retired and looking forward to spending time in my man cave, currently I have a small mini lathe (plans to upgrade in progress) and an early (1930's) Richmond model 1 mill, my interests are 2 1/2 and 5 inch steam engines, plus aking my own tools and attachments
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4 September 2022 at 10:56 #41313
nigel bown
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Recent semi retired pottered in metal
4 September 2022 at 16:44 #612343
Thor 🇳🇴
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Hi Nigel,

Welcome to the forum. Even with the mini lathe you should be able to do much work.

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