Recently one of the things that people quote as an amazing feature of the 3D printers is that you can use them to make a 3D printer. Well the Lathe was there a 100 years ago. Everything that is machined is a combination of cylindrical (lathe) and flat (milled) stuff.
My interest was further piqued by a guy on Pelican (profighter or something like that) who lives in Switzerland and basically seems to be constantly re manufacturing nuts and bolts and small parts for his 911 using his lathe. He seems to make them out of titanium and I thought it was incredibly cool.
I've been hanging my nose over numerous lathes on eBay for the last couple of years, and this year I decided to pull the trigger finally, and bought a Clarke CL500M - which is a small Chinese made lathe and milling machine. Ideally I'd like something older and British but I reasoned that for my current skill level (i.e. Zero) this is probably a good starting point - if I stick with it then I can go to something older, more substantial, and probably made in Nottingham (which a surprising number were!).
Anyway, here she is
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The bench was included - it's not ideal but it's OK (after I'd cut it to length and re-welded it.
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