Clausing Lathe Free Victoria, BC

[Tomc938]

It looks like that Clausing will clean up very nicely!

On slightly closer inspection as I was moving it in it looks like a couple things going around in the chuck have hit the ways. There's a couple good craters to stone down.

I might nee to spring for some heavy duty casters so I can easily move it in and out to work/work on it.

 

[Tomc938]

I think I still see some space on the ceiling......
..... actually, if you had picked up the jointer planer you would have solved the problem... Campbell River isn't that big, sell the second car, the grocery store can't be much more than a mile away.....

I'll have you know Campbell River is a full sized city - we're almost 3 miles from the Superstore. (although there are two other grocery stores closer. And one is 6 blocks away)

 

[Dabbler]

On slightly closer inspection as I was moving it in it looks like a couple things going around in the chuck have hit the ways. There's a couple good craters to stone down.

It looks a lot better than the 10ee that was for 4500$. You seem to have everything, and most of the gunk looks like it will clean up. Those craters are pretty typical of lathes bought for machine shop class. Once you deal with the raised burrs, it should be okay for accuracy!

 

[jcdammeyer]

Or I could sell our second car and take over the other half of the garage.

Cars don't belong in garages. That's blasphemy on a metal working forum. Sets a bad example for new members. Confuses the older ones over 60 years old. What are you thinking? Tsk Tsk.

 

[whydontu]

@Tomc938 : BTW - you suck.

 

[140mower]

Cars don't belong in garages. That's blasphemy on a metal working forum. Sets a bad example for new members. Confuses the older ones over 60 years old. What are you thinking? Tsk Tsk.

......a thousand likes to you and your followers.....

@Tomc938 ........ Perhaps my twisted view on the world can be of some assistance here........ Without answering out loud, how much has your house increased in value since you purchased it? Quite a bit I think. Now, how much has the car depreciated since you bought it? No matter how much you try the car will never be worth more than you paid for it. However the tools in the shop maintain both and the house greatly benefits and secures your retirement years...... Do you really want to risk your financial future by allowing wet, salty, corrosion monsters in with your precision maintenance tools?
I'm pretty sure you could put together a pretty convincing spreadsheet in an afternoon..... Women love financial security.
........ Now if the second car is a 1970 Hemi convertible Cuda, disregard the above........

 

[jcdammeyer]

To be fair though. SWMBO may well have a say in what the shop is used for. One has to try and avoid "The Look" at all costs. In this case taking a picture while she was holding up the hood on the'64 MGB got me in trouble.

 

[Dan Dubeau]

Great pic. Made me smile, and instantly reminded me of Guy Clark's song "my favorite picture of you"

I only have mental pictures of mine looking at me like that. A LOT of mental pictures of her looking like that...... .

 

[YotaBota]

What are you thinking?

He's thinking his manly parts need to remain where they are, LOL

 

[Tomc938]

Perhaps my twisted view on the world can be of some assistance here........ Without answering out loud, how much has your house increased in value since you purchased it? Quite a bit I think. Now, how much has the car depreciated since you bought it? No matter how much you try the car will never be worth more than you paid for it.

I probably shouldn't tell you guys this just after getting two free lathes (one in kit form) but my car has actually increased in value in the 5 years since I bought it. It wasn't new, so the previous owner ate the huge depreciation that comes when you drive it off the lot. Covid has driven up the price of everything, and Nissan introduced a new body design and the old one is better looking/a classic.

It's not 70's Cuda, but it is a 370Z.

 

[Bandit]

Here I was hoping it was a 67 mustang with a 427 in it. Hmm, 37 oz'er, was 24's, 26 er's, back when.

 

[Bandit]

But, let's be honest, them days are kinda gone. Now when I go out, and it starts, all the tires have air in them, half a tank of fuel, it might be a good day!

 

[YotaBota]

You should have seen the resto-mod 1964 Jag the exe-owner of the lathe built. He transferred all the modern amenities from a late model Jag to the 1964 Mk II four door. It's a beauty.
He also did a 2 door Morris 8 using a Solstice donor, all the drive train and electronics, another work of art.

 

[Tomc938]

Here I was hoping it was a 67 mustang with a 427 in it. Hmm, 37 oz'er, was 24's, 26 er's, back when.

Me too!!!

 

[Doggggboy]

I probably shouldn't tell you guys this just after getting two free lathes (one in kit form) but my car has actually increased in value in the 5 years since I bought it. It wasn't new, so the previous owner ate the huge depreciation that comes when you drive it off the lot. Covid has driven up the price of everything, and Nissan introduced a new body design and the old one is better looking/a classic.

It's not 70's Cuda, but it is a 370Z.

What year?
The 2018's were nice.

 

[Dabbler]

My fave is the '58 vette. Heavy, underpowered by today's standards, but handled like a European sportscar of the time. The closest I ever drove was the last year model Corvair sport (after they moved the motor in front of the rear wheels). It was a beaut. - until the guy who bought it from my Dad rolled it down the Escarpment in Hamilton.

 

[YotaBota]

Corvair with the motor in front of the rear wheels? Are you sure it was a Corvair? Corvairs were all air cooled rear motor machines from the factory.
Mine never came came from the factory that way. I dropped a sbc 327 into the back seat using an adaptor kit to bolt the motor in front of the transaxle.