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Finally got the lathe bed back from having it machined. It’s a 16x56 Springfield. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/aLDflbs.jpg) Coming together. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/FwIY4Yx.jpg)
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If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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Bench vise probably didn't do those threads any good... 
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Politics is War by Other Means
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Bench vise probably didn't do those threads any good... Barely even touched. Really just resting there. Threads are pretty skookum.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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--ironbender
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Lathe bed was estimated @~1500. Each base about 400. Head stock moved w the engine hoist, so maybe 300+. Gear box a little more than 100? More parts to go yet.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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--ironbender
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You are making me Jealous
I have been looking at medium to Lager Laths for years
Lookin good
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Here's a good build thread on one of these old British lathes. Link25 pages Phil
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Little big for barrel work............
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Very Impressive hunk of machinery there.
l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right.
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Bench vise probably didn't do those threads any good... that would suck
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Obey lawful commands. Video interactions. Hold bad cops accountable. Problem solved.
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That’s the funny part. His work is primarily “airsmithing”. Custom paintball gun work. He has shop skills galore, though. Docsmachine.com is his site. Not really an ad for him so I hope rick don’t mind that. He has a lot of cool projects and other things posted there.
Last edited by ironbender; 04/07/20.
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It is real neat having Equipment that Can Build Other Equipment and the knowledge to know how to work them.
Congrats to your Neighbor for bringing this piece back to life.
Yesterday I was in a shop Inspecting and they had probably 100 pieces of old equipment Breaks , Presses ,Lathes, Mills Shaper's and many others I walked around like a Kid in a Candy store.
The owner came out and talked to me and He knew where he got every piece and told me the history about some of them.
Congrats again to your friend
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Those old rock solid machines in the hands of some old goat that knows how to use them will out perform today's lightweights. I love to see someone saving and restoring them. One of the lost arts today are those knowledgeable in scraping the ways.
Phil
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Can he thread and chamber barrels?
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Can he thread and chamber barrels? I'm certain he can, but that's not what he primarily does. No FFL.
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