Everyone I asked for advice before I bought the lathe told me "get your hair cut".
I've always been a non-conformist & it really hurt when I had to get the hair cut for career reasons. I always promised myself that once that career was over I'd grow it back.
The fire brigade were quite impressed with the general level of safety & commented that they don't often it see in a home workshop. I had boots on, overalls & safety specs. I have both of the types of fire extinguisher I will never need, the space is well laid out with no trip hazards & I,ve spent £100's putting in a good power supply with circuit breakers etc.
What I didn't have & neither did they, was a blade thin enough to fit between my scalp & the power feed bar. A neighbour volunteered his cut throat razor.
Lucky ?
As my head was being slowly pulled into the lathe I remembered a few things that it would be a shame to not have had the time to do.
I've always been a non-conformist & it really hurt when I had to get the hair cut for career reasons. I always promised myself that once that career was over I'd grow it back.
The fire brigade were quite impressed with the general level of safety & commented that they don't often it see in a home workshop. I had boots on, overalls & safety specs. I have both of the types of fire extinguisher I will never need, the space is well laid out with no trip hazards & I,ve spent £100's putting in a good power supply with circuit breakers etc.
What I didn't have & neither did they, was a blade thin enough to fit between my scalp & the power feed bar. A neighbour volunteered his cut throat razor.
Lucky ?
As my head was being slowly pulled into the lathe I remembered a few things that it would be a shame to not have had the time to do.