FalconTurner
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I've never built a model engine, but I dabble in machining small parts in steel, brass & copper (and sometimes plastics like Permaloid). I have ZERO formal training in machining.
I do most of my work on a Rivett model 2b watchmaker's lathe, which is about 130 years old. I have a full set of 80 chuck collets, 5 ring collets, a 3-jaw chuck, and a 4-jaw chuck. I found the lathe at a local flea market for $50, and I quickly got interested in aspects of clock repair not possible without a lathe - like re-pivoting.
So far I've only completed one project in steel, which was a replacement for a badly worn tailstock locking mechanism.
I'm retired, but I spent my life operating small, medium and large offset printing presses for (mostly) commercial printing companies.
I do most of my work on a Rivett model 2b watchmaker's lathe, which is about 130 years old. I have a full set of 80 chuck collets, 5 ring collets, a 3-jaw chuck, and a 4-jaw chuck. I found the lathe at a local flea market for $50, and I quickly got interested in aspects of clock repair not possible without a lathe - like re-pivoting.
So far I've only completed one project in steel, which was a replacement for a badly worn tailstock locking mechanism.
I'm retired, but I spent my life operating small, medium and large offset printing presses for (mostly) commercial printing companies.
- Location
- Wichita, KS
- Occupation
- Retired from a lifetime in the lithographic printing industry.
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John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.