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Bazyle	19/03/2017 20:04:58
6956 forum posts 229 photos	Pity you never got to use it. Making things is fun and you could have made a clock which would have become a family heirloom even if it didn't work very well.
not done it yet	20/03/2017 03:03:03
7517 forum posts 20 photos	Apols. It was not a BIN , on re-reading.
Peter Marsh 3	20/03/2017 11:34:31
9 forum posts 5 photos	Posted by Bazyle on 19/03/2017 20:04:58: Pity you never got to use it. Making things is fun and you could have made a clock which would have become a family heirloom even if it didn't work very well. Indeed, Bazyle. But I've been told off by shewhomustbeobeyed for having 'too many projects' (usually unfinished); including keeping chickens, cycling, and basically anything else that stops me decorating; and my model 'engineering' fix is fulfilled by making 1/700 scale warships. Fun, absorbing and relaxing. As I have a sizeable unstarted stash of them, keeping the lathe is hard to justify. Must admit, I did fancy making 15" gun barrels out of brass rods at some stage, but not to be......
Neil Wyatt	20/03/2017 13:21:14
19226 forum posts 749 photos 86 articles	Posted by Peter Marsh 3 on 20/03/2017 11:34:31: Must admit, I did fancy making 15" gun barrels out of brass rods at some stage, but not to be...... My dad uses wood and a Unimat SL ... but at 1:48 not 1:700...

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