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David Standing 1	17/11/2018 17:15:44
1297 forum posts 50 photos	Posted by ChrisB on 16/11/2018 21:38:29: 7 years later.....I hope Roger managed to find his lathe We will probably never know, he stopped posting 7 years ago
Dave Halford	17/11/2018 17:40:41
2536 forum posts 24 photos	He didn't then
Vic	17/11/2018 18:00:28
3453 forum posts 23 photos	A necropost is a post on an "old, abandoned thread that has been considered 'dead' for a while...that no longer serves any purpose but is bumped back up to the top of the forums by someone posting in it."
Roger Jenner	17/11/2018 18:10:05
9 forum posts	So as you don't all suffer in suspense - no I didn't get a metal working lathe. I took up woodturning instead...
Neil Wyatt	17/11/2018 18:20:26
19226 forum posts 749 photos 86 articles	Posted by Roger Jenner on 17/11/2018 18:10:05: So as you don't all suffer in suspense - no I didn't get a metal working lathe. I took up woodturning instead... Welcome back to the fold Roger. You know you are fed up with clearing up all that nasty sawdust... the dark side beckons! Neil
larry phelan 1	17/11/2018 19:22:57
1346 forum posts 15 photos	SOD,Yes,I would be with you on this,20 years on,I am still happy enough with my "Chinese junk" Problem is that buying secondhand means that you are buying some other guys problems,OK if you have time to solve them,and they come at the right price. Otherwise give them a miss,and get something that works of of the box,or crate. Life is too short to be messing around. Stands to reason that any machine that has been around for half a lifetime,has been through the wars. Do the sums !! Do you really want to be setting it up for someone else ?

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