What Preps are you doing this week? Part 7.

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jansman wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 8:13 am
Jamesey1981 wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 7:53 am
jansman wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 7:51 am Today I shall finish organising my workshop ( finally get that lathe set up), prick out tomatoes and bottle some homebrew. Oh yes,and service/ sharpen the chainsaws.
I would love a lathe, I have set up a spring pole lathe for woodwork before but a metalwork one would be awesome.
Sorry, I should’ve said, mine is a wood turning lathe. To be honest, I wouldn’t know where to start with an engineers lathe!
Still a cool thing to have.

I find myself watching machining videos on YouTube quite a lot, I find it quite restful.
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I LOVE machining videos as well! especially the ones that manufacture springs & other bent objects - fascinates me!

I have a lathe drill attachment I've owned & not used for >20yrs been thinking of digging it out for a play...
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peejay wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 12:04 pm I LOVE machining videos as well! especially the ones that manufacture springs & other bent objects - fascinates me!

I have a lathe drill attachment I've owned & not used for >20yrs been thinking of digging it out for a play...
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Sound advice given the current situation. If I did it I'd likely use my chainsaw mask/gloves to be on the safe side anyway! Tools will be nice & sharp too which is half the battle...
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Don't use gloves with rotating machinery far greater risk of injury if gloves snag (source 20 years in the timber trade including machining timber)

Chainsaw gloves reduce the risk to the left hand back usually.. by incorporating Kevlar type fluff to snag and stall the chain in the event of kickback
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong ;)

Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
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If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong ;)

Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
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<slowly steps backwards away from the amateur lathe>

(trips over a bit of discarded timber on the floor!:

:lol:
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peejay wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2020 8:24 am <slowly steps backwards away from the amateur lathe>

(trips over a bit of discarded timber on the floor!:

:lol:
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diamond lil wrote: Tue Mar 31, 2020 3:58 pm Still too early to plant up here but I'm buying up coffee. Anybody know how long coffee beans last before they lose flavour?
Freeze them in an air-free bag (so as not to get freezer burn). Take out only as many as you need for your cuppa and blitz them still frozen. If you've bought ready ground, then still freeze them and take out only as much as you need for each cuppa. Last for ages...like years. :D
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Great, ta 8-)