caskwarrior
11th Jul 2016, 06:32 PM
G'day, My name is Ralph, im a programmer by trade, but I grew up in an engineering family. Ive been into Metalworking, particularly Machining for the last three years or so.
I got into it to help make a short run of parts for a 1912 Caddilac my father was/is working on and boy did it stick. I had an old, pretty worn out Nuttall 12" lathe, But I have recently purchased a 1966 Macson 14" Lathe (Mostly for the higher spindle speeds and extra horsepower so I can run more modern tooling) and A J-head Bridgeport. Thankfully a great friend of mine has allowed me some space in his factory for all this gear. I look forward to posting about some projects as I get set-up and working.
Ill be headed to Bendigo swap meet this year with a lot of my duplicate/unneeded gear this year so Ill probably post it up for a bit of horse trading before hauling it up there.
Regards - Ralph
I got into it to help make a short run of parts for a 1912 Caddilac my father was/is working on and boy did it stick. I had an old, pretty worn out Nuttall 12" lathe, But I have recently purchased a 1966 Macson 14" Lathe (Mostly for the higher spindle speeds and extra horsepower so I can run more modern tooling) and A J-head Bridgeport. Thankfully a great friend of mine has allowed me some space in his factory for all this gear. I look forward to posting about some projects as I get set-up and working.
Ill be headed to Bendigo swap meet this year with a lot of my duplicate/unneeded gear this year so Ill probably post it up for a bit of horse trading before hauling it up there.
Regards - Ralph