02-10-2014, 12:24 AM
Well, after being home from Afghanistan for roughly 15 months and having had my lathe sitting in the shipping crate for all that time I finally pulled the top off and looked inside! My birthday was this past Saturday and my parents came out to visit so my dad helped me start prepping the lathe to be up and running.
First we scoured Craigslist for a table or bench that we could mount the thing on and thought about possibly looking at a couple other places. We found a bench on Craigslist for $100 that was big and heavy and at 3'x6' (or roughly 0.9m x 1.8m
) was more than large enough. After seeing the table we decided that maybe it wasn't what we wanted but couldn't pass it up for $50. The seller agreed and into the truck it went.
From there we took it home and scrounged some things from my back yard to begin prepping it for lathe use. I won't bore you all with all of the details but will attach plenty of pics and be happy to answer any and all questions!
Thanks for viewing!
First we scoured Craigslist for a table or bench that we could mount the thing on and thought about possibly looking at a couple other places. We found a bench on Craigslist for $100 that was big and heavy and at 3'x6' (or roughly 0.9m x 1.8m
) was more than large enough. After seeing the table we decided that maybe it wasn't what we wanted but couldn't pass it up for $50. The seller agreed and into the truck it went.From there we took it home and scrounged some things from my back yard to begin prepping it for lathe use. I won't bore you all with all of the details but will attach plenty of pics and be happy to answer any and all questions!
Thanks for viewing!
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