Thanks for the membership, great to find a great group of Canadians with similar interests. Been building and rebuilding stuff for years. Lately, I'm interested in picking up a better small lathe. Something that doesn't require extensive rework. Really appreciate finding this group of Canadians.... can't say enough how much that is appreciated.
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Hello from Hamilton
- Thread starter John G
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Well, I was looking at a Southbend 9A, or a Myford 7 something along that line. A friend had an Atlas but he passed on and it disappeared into the great unknown, his lathe would have fit the bill. Something that can do a descent cut in steel and is reasonably accurate. The lathe I have now is too light, only capable in plastic, wood or brass.
Welcome to the forum John, shouldn't take long to find yourself a nice lathe seems to be a banana belt for equipment down in your area!!
Mountain, back in my much younger days it was called the mountain too, actually part of the Niagara escarpment.
Welcome from Farmland South of Chatham Ontario.
From the perspective of anyone living in the Chatham to Windsor area, Hamilton's "mountain" is like the Himalayas.
Flatland around here would make the Prairie Boys feel right at home, except the trees here block the view so the dog disappears after just one holler. Nobody really knows how flat it really is here......
From the perspective of anyone living in the Chatham to Windsor area, Hamilton's "mountain" is like the Himalayas.
Flatland around here would make the Prairie Boys feel right at home, except the trees here block the view so the dog disappears after just one holler. Nobody really knows how flat it really is here......
Big hills (really big), big trees (really big), and teeny tiny itsy bitsy people!
At least where I am, people appear to be a comparatively decent size.
Just kidding of course. I'm green with envy!
TOBARApprentice
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Welcome from Ancaster. You’ll find a great group here! Too, perhaps reach out to the HMEC. While they are generally into the hobby/model engineering most are retired from the industry and the group has a lot to offer and not just building little engines. Cheers.
Derek
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Marc Moreau
Marc Moreau
Welcome from Gatineau Quebec