Member postings for Malcolm Bebb

Yahoo list located and joined! - It does look to have a lot of the above literature in the files area.

I guess that's one of the first things I will need to do, check it over and look at belts etc. AFAIK the previous owner was/is a serious lathe user and looked after it, certainly hope so, but I have no idea how long since it was last used.

Bob Loader's books seem to still be in print. Useful reference list building up.

Cheers

Malcolm

Yes, Rex Tingey does come up quite quickly but his books seem to be out of print with inflated "scarcity value" prices

However, I will have a look for a source.

With questions - I'm sure I will have lots of specific queries once I get going!

Thanks again,

Malcolm

Thanks for the replies so far - definitely food for thought.

I have ordered David Fenner's Mini-Lathe book, but 'The Amateur's Lathe' is still available from Amazon - 1998 edition, but the lathe's probably that old... Also a 1954 edition, but I'm not going there... so I will get that as well, it's reasonably priced.

Delrin, black and white, is used by commercial manufacturers for at least some of the parts I need to make, hence the interest, but the points about working it are noted.

Malcolm

Hi All,

You will probably have guessed by now that I'm new here, and I live in Dorset. I suppose I had better confess straight away that my interests do not presently include model railway or road vehicles...

If anyone is still reading, i have just bought a used Unimat 3 lathe with drilling/milling pillar and some accessories. And made some room in the garage to put it. And ordered a book from Amazon. And that's about it, so far.

It's about 40 years since I last used a lathe or milling machine, and that only on a three week training course with grown up machines - and supervision. I am an electronics engineer by background.

I am hoping initially to construct some musical instruments of the concertina and accordion varieties, perhaps a little experimental. These have mechanical actions, so I will be looking for instance at turned posts, bushes/bearings, and some turned buttons and knobs. I will need some milled slots, and some fairly accurate drilling. But not serious precision.

Materials are likely to be plastic - Delrin, probably, perhaps some brass or maybe stainless steel. And, at some point, some small scale woodwork.

First question - is this a good forum to get some beginner advice on using the lathe, setting up problems etc or is there somewhere more suitable?

And can anyone suggest any clubs, groups etc in the Dorset area (pref east Dorset) that I can maybe join?

Thanks

Malcolm