My Granddad was a superb crafter and it still saddens me when I realise that I never really got to know him as he died just before my 4th birthday.
He left behind a great deal of tools which sadly were taken and squandered by other family members and many of those tools laid rotting in a shed until a fire took down the shed, with everything inside.
Everyone ready for the happy news!?
Luckily I have another Grandpa and he is the lovely kind of man that is a proficient engineer and never ever chucks out something usefull. My Grandpa saved the best Lathe of my Granddad.
It had been standing in a slightly moist garage for 20 years, and he suddenly remembered that he still had that Lathe in storage. I found a spot in which I could put it, and here I am restoring the best Lathe my Granddad ever had. allong with it a box full of old turnings wee chissels and a spare belt that was a bit to far gone.
Armed with some lubricants and a nice assortment of sandpaper gritts we started taking it apart.
This was the first day after we moved it, and gives you all an insight on how it looked before restoring it.
Now its just a matter of putting the time in it, making everything rust free. I'm going to strip off all the paint and give it a new coat of Hammerite and am still deciding on the colour.
Then gets my self a new belt for the pulley and make a workbench for it to sit on that is nice and sturdy and can be weighed down.
Let me know what your thoughts are and what are your thoughts as far as a colour scheme that will look good on this Lathe.
Yours sincerely
Ruud
He left behind a great deal of tools which sadly were taken and squandered by other family members and many of those tools laid rotting in a shed until a fire took down the shed, with everything inside.
Everyone ready for the happy news!?
Luckily I have another Grandpa and he is the lovely kind of man that is a proficient engineer and never ever chucks out something usefull. My Grandpa saved the best Lathe of my Granddad.
It had been standing in a slightly moist garage for 20 years, and he suddenly remembered that he still had that Lathe in storage. I found a spot in which I could put it, and here I am restoring the best Lathe my Granddad ever had. allong with it a box full of old turnings wee chissels and a spare belt that was a bit to far gone.
Armed with some lubricants and a nice assortment of sandpaper gritts we started taking it apart.
This was the first day after we moved it, and gives you all an insight on how it looked before restoring it.









Now its just a matter of putting the time in it, making everything rust free. I'm going to strip off all the paint and give it a new coat of Hammerite and am still deciding on the colour.
Then gets my self a new belt for the pulley and make a workbench for it to sit on that is nice and sturdy and can be weighed down.
Let me know what your thoughts are and what are your thoughts as far as a colour scheme that will look good on this Lathe.
Yours sincerely
Ruud
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