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Vic. That looks like a very nice Fobco Sar drilling machine. I imagine that one has the 2MT tapered quill.

Very sort after now. There was one on sale on Home Workshop for £80 "a bargain" but I dont think it had the 2mt quill. Was almost tempted but with 2 mills I do not need a drillpress.

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Some great models shown in your pictures. I for one would be interested in more detail& updates on the Scammell "carriage"

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Very nice. Welcome to the forum. I am sure your workshop will expand in time to cover other forms of model making. It is just a fact of life.

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Nice looking lathe. Lets hope it performs as well as it looks. Nice find. As long as the lathe actually stops rotating before reversing there is no problem with a Dewhurst switch as it has a centre off position. The contacts are pretty meaty as well.

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+1 for Optivisor. Been using mine for a long time now for circuit board work etc. I keep a cheepo knockoff one in the metal shop for checking I have pop marks etc lined up.

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I wear my watch on my right wrist so do a couple of other people I know. Never though it to strange or different.

BTW I have what I believe to be a genuine left handed metal lathe. Cast iron body very heavy about 24" x 10 x 15" as I recall but not seen it for a few years so could be a bit bigger/smaller. No motor or means of fitting as it stands at the minute

Made by New ULM Manufacturing Minnesota USA. Can find no references anywhere to it. Have tried contacting what I believe to be the successor company but no answer to my query to this date.

Might be tempted to part with it as it is just anothe project to do sometime. It is buried in the garage somewhere so needs digging out.

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Do you need an "engine drivers license" to run a static engine ? Maybe a CPC of some kind after training.

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Agreed Bob. I have one of those. Works well. Also have a Chinese one from Ebay on the lathe has worked ok for the last 18 months or so.

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Hi John Doe 2. Did I miss something here. Your boiler should have a way to time the heating & hot water seperatley ie a dual channel timer.

You should be able to have the water off & the heating on at different times using the timer. OR is the boiler only running on its internal timer ? these are usually only single channel.

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Edited By Oldiron on 02/02/2023 19:37:55

Hi Nigel. Sorry for the tardy reply. Not sure sure how I lost the thread until now. The lathe is not bolted down so the pads are just placed under the feet. My lathe runs very smoothly and is fairly quiet unless I crank the speed up nreally high. With my VFD I leave the belt on the centre pulley this helps with the torque and I still have more reduction if I ever need it. I have done some pretty big jobs but the lathe has coped so far with no belt changes. I only use back gear if I need to drill a big hole ot tap a thread into something. I have Fenner Nutlink V belts on the lathe and they run fine.

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Welcome to the forum. Where are you located. What are your interests. Many interesting threads to peruse on the forum.

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It might be worth contacting EEC LTD who claim to be able to repair older DRO's. Nothing to loose by trying them.

I have no connection to them but they seem to be one of the only companies that deal with Newall repairs.

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I commented on this some years ago that a charge had been added for using a debit card even though the banks say there should be no extra charge when using one.

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That is definitely the easiest method to use. I have just replaced and moved a 2 metre long radiator in my study.

I bought the radiator and freezer packs from Toolstation. I had read some horror stories about using freezer packs so read and reread as much info as I could find. The most important things I learned were:-

1. Make sure that the instructions are followed to the letter.

2. Have all the parts to hand, prebend or make as many joints off the job ready to be fitted.

3. Preperation is the key, remove any paint from the pipes where you need to freeze them. The paint has an insulation effect and will slow the freezing down. Clean the pipe where you are going to add a fitting before freezing & cutting.

The pipe freeze lasted for about 15 minutes in my case. REMEMBER moving water does not freeze so make sure everything is off.

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How is it driven mains, VFD, 3 phase ? Bad switch, connection, lead, motor faulty. More info required please.

Put the video on Youtube and add a link to post.

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Edited By Oldiron on 31/01/2023 18:00:20

Hi Steve. Nice to have your own space. Now you can always go back to where you left off the last job.

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A most excellent site. I have uploaded several things so they are publicly available. Another great resource is

The International Tool Archive

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Hi Ramon. Sorry to hear that you are selling all your IC engines. Old age comes to us all eventually but that does not mean we have to give up entirely You may not feel like machining but I am sure your experience and wisdom will help many people on and off the forum for many years yet.

I hope we see you commenting and posting things for a long time yet.

All the best

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All the more reason to use use a good paid for Malware Scanner such as Malwarebytes as well as an Antivirus program. Remember you only get what you pay for. Most free malware & virus scanners are not worth their salt. All pc's should have automatic scanning of emails & websites programs enabled. In Windows make sure that the Microsoft Security is turned on.

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I use Dropbox all the time to transfer files. Several members here have downloaded files from me when i send them the link  (  never uninvited )for something they need.

If you do not have an account do not answer any emails or download links. That applies to any website you do not know.

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Edited By Oldiron on 21/01/2023 22:31:23