Hey Curtis …just seen your post , how you getting on with the ml7 ? , only been messing about with nylon on mine so far… but hoping all that will change come January .
Just bought a stand, need to rewire it, check the bearings and look at setting it up level and straight
do you have riser blocks ? makes things easier though I have just shimmed mine to make sure there is no flex on the bed …not too sure that I need it to be truly level as long as the chuck/toolpost / tailstock are all in line relative to each other .
Yea they’re arriving in the post on monday
sounds like you know what you are doing , I must get some ideas together for the course in January …are we expected to turn up with a plan ? yours looks cool but I only have a vague idea that I want to make some rear-sets from brass for my cd175 café racer steampunk project .
Got a few things that I’d like to try including a tabletop gyroscope and a fire piston
what the hell is a fire piston ??
A single piston that uses the heat created from the compression in the chamber to combust a piece of tinder to start fires
that is bloody cool , and a really good learning project , maybe we could both do the same thing ?
Don’t see why not, involves screw cutting, tapers, and general turning so a good all round starter piece, I have the blueprints for it too in PDF