Garage Night new video: Suspension overhaul starts with Dremel on a lathe
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From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 10 Feb 2010 09:05 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Waz <murray.wn(a)googlemail.com> saying something like: >We've put up another episode of our show about motorbike DIY. I needed >a new hardened steel spacer for my Cagiva's swingarm linkage so Trent >cut a Ducati one down using a Dremel attached to the toolpost of a >lathe. > >http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-14-dremel-on-a-lathe-rear-suspension-overhaul-part-1/ > >Waz from Garage Night TV Just the thing for a shite old hillclimber.
From: Andy Bonwick on 10 Feb 2010 20:03 On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:17:22 +0000, Simon Wilson <siwilson(a)NODAMNSPAMN.hotmail.com> wrote: >Jordan wrote: >> Waz wrote: >>> >>> http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-14-dremel-on-a-lathe-rear-suspension-overhaul-part-1/ >>> >>> >> >> Nice one! >> Moral from this clip must be: you must have a lathe. > >post corrected. Actually you should have said something along the lines of: If you must buy a lathe please make sure you know how to use it. Properly. I won't even consider working a lathe unless I'm being paid to do so.
From: George W Frost on 10 Feb 2010 21:01 "Jordan" <jwprincic(a)otpusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:fNIcn.7008$pv.4511(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > Simon Wilson wrote: > >>> Moral from this clip must be: you must have a lathe. >> >> post corrected. >> > > Lathe ownership isn't compulsory, but sure is a handy thing if you need > it. > > Jordan Its a handy thing to have in the shed, even if you don't need one
From: Andy Bonwick on 11 Feb 2010 02:51 On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:15:12 GMT, Jordan <jwprincic(a)otpusnet.com.au> wrote: >Andy Bonwick wrote: > >> If you must buy a lathe please make sure you know how to use it. >> Properly. >> >> I won't even consider working a lathe unless I'm being paid to do so. > >Surprising idea from a motorcyclist? Think what they can give, rather >than take away. > I've given years of my life to working on a lathe and the whole idea of working on one for fun fills me with horror.
From: Snag on 11 Feb 2010 07:30
Jordan wrote: > Andy Bonwick wrote: >> >> I've given years of my life to working on a lathe and the whole idea >> of working on one for fun fills me with horror. >> > > How very odd, that's the first time I've heard someone say that. > Have you seen some horrible industrial accidents? > Sure enough, we need to be careful around machinery, but we're used to > that around here. > > Jordan I feel the same way about building cabinetry at home . Got enough of that at work (before unemployment reared it's ugly head) . I get a lot of pleasure from my little machine shop , however ... -- Snag Wards/Logan 10X31 lathe WT ZX45 mill/drill assorted welders and torches small aluninum foundry |