A Highland Hello

Hello everyone,

I have been a bit of a moocher around this forum for a long time, I have finally decided to get involved in a little more than observation. Over the past few years I have been amassing tooling, tools stock etc with the idea of finally getting "that workshop" built. Always toying with the idea of live steam and posess several second hand Minnie's in various states of existence, a good starting point I say. Life it would seem would like to keep me waiting for the ideal set up, but with a modest single garage and a few quite evenings a week it is a step in the right direction and a start at least.

I'm currently working on my smart and brown sabel lathe. Working on it how you may ask? Well, during storage and several house moves, it has picked up a few bumps and was a bit of a state when I first picked it up, more on that later.

So I'm on with a replacement motor, I'll post pictures and questions about that and ask the hive mind for some help. Thanks for having me I hope if nothing else a virtual cuppa in the shed online may now be a two way conversation.

Cheers, Jason

Hi Jason welcome to the forum. Just ask away on here there are not many questions that can't be answered.

David

Hello Jason,

I have one of these lathes and will be happy to pass on any help and information you might need

Regards

Brian

Hi Jason.Welcome to the forum. Good luck with the restoration of your lathe. I hope it will soon be ready to turn some new parts for your models.

regards

Welcome to the party Jason, you have tapped into a vein of mostly useful information, just ask ! Best wishes Noel.

Yes, Welocome as a poster.

Am sure that if you have a problem, advice and help will be forthcoming.

Howard

Welcome to the forum

H

Thanks for the welcome and offers of help, I'll post again in the help section a few issues I'm having. Will need to double check when I get home, nothing more tedious than a poorly explained problem!