Model Engine Maker
Supporting => My Workshop => Topic started by: John Hill on March 12, 2015, 07:34:57 PM
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There must be a name for this particular condition....
This is my Grayson lathe..
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8260/8634206832_6dbaea3c34.jpg)
..which looks very nice in its blue paint.
But it is not quite perfect, the top slide is something I made up, the T slots have damage and the cross slide is not so good. Then I spied this..
(http://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/367701875.jpg)
The temptation is great!
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ML4? Why not. Hugh.
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Grayson, very much like an ML4 but with slight differences.
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Another Grayson? Must have been a big seller over there. We see plenty of ML2/4 versions over here - Advance, Gregco as well as Myford - but I've never noticed a Grayson on eBay. Do you think you'll get it, or do you have it already? Don't you have something large and modern sitting on a lump of concrete?
That one doesn't have a countershaft, I wonder what the speed range is like.
Cheers, Hugh.
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Hi Hugh, yes, I have a generic Chinese 12x36 (in American nomenclature) but it is always nice to have something smaller on hand. The auction closes late tonight so I might take a look in later and see how the bidding is going, it is only 80 or so kms to collect which makes a nice day out!
Without the countershaft I expect it has been run far too fast and the head bushes may be well munted but fixing things like that is all part of the hobby, right?
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Bidding went to NZ$545 so no longer an option for me. :disappointed:
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I must say John that that peculiarly Kiwi expression 'munted' has found its way over here in a big way, our 17 year old boy using it as often as possible. I'm not sure his mother knows quite how to take it, but I guess that's the point. Hugh.
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'Munted' became accepted in polite society when used in connection with the Christchurch earthquake. I find it a most satisfactory expression!
BTW, I dont think it originated in NZ.
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Try this!
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/munted
Hugh.