WAnt to collect Flexispeed lathes

[richard3267Participant @richardrogalewski21509]

Hi. I’m a complete novice. My father was a clock and watch repairer. After inheriting his lathe I discovered it was a modified Flexispeed. I’ll probably upload a picture of it. Anyway, I just bought myself a Flexispeed lathe. I’ll be wanting to identify both of the lathes I have, if possible. Rich

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

Have you looked at Tony’s site:

https://www.lathes.co.uk/flexy/index.html

Russell

[richard3267Participant @richardrogalewski21509]

Hi. Yes I have seen that page. Don’t think he has a forum setup though.  Maybe I could start up a Flexispeed Group on Facebook. EDIT: But I joined this forum for Flexispeed chat. 🙂

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

AAAAAgh not facebook. It is for pictures of your dinner or something. Have a go with posting pictures on here. Might even take a picture of mine. (er that is lathe before anyone gets the wrong idea).

[richard3267Participant @richardrogalewski21509]

I think I need to start another post, in which I’ll post a picture of my father’s Flexispeed, that is modified for watchmaking service.

[Bazyle]

On Bazyle Said:

AAAAAgh not facebook. It is for pictures of your dinner or something. Have a go with posting pictures on here. Might even take a picture of mine. (er that is lathe before anyone gets the wrong idea).

There groups can be useful for some things.  I mostly read the apparent problems with my car and sometimes learn something new.  I don’t post very often, but am currently helping a nearby owner use her circular sock knitting machine, after offering to just ‘check it over’.  I’ve found so many faults that she would never have got it going.

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Post it here Richard.

We’re “Model Engineering” in the broadest sense, so you’re very welcome.  The forum is best at answering questions, and questions are always a good way to get the conversation going.    Which model do you have?  Do you intend using or restoring it, or is it a collectors piece?

Dave

[richard3267Participant @richardrogalewski21509]

I made another post and uploaded a picture. I’ve since modified the picture, but I cannot edit the post. It’s posted in the Beginners Questions section.

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