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Old chap, keen on clocks, stamps, old engines and measuring residual stresses. Slowly getting to grips with a Polestar 2 and PV solar array.
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Rivett headstock oilers during cleaning. There is a ~2mm dia breather hole in the top. The previous owner (Eric Watson) ysed the lathe from around 1975 until 2005. A surprisingly large amount of debris can find its way through such a small hole in 30 years of turning.

submitted 437 days ago • 0 comments

The Rivett lathe bed and headstock are now in place. I was about to screw in the sight-glass bearing oilers when I saw that they contained debris as well as oil. Will require thorough cleaning. The lathe hasn't run for about 15 or 20 years and was coated in oil, but this has attracted dirt too!

submitted 438 days ago • 0 comments

Currently assembling a 1944 Rivett 608 lathe in my new workshop. The legs and tray were heavy but I manage singlehanded. The bed is the heaviest single part of the assembly. I'm inching it up on blocks of wood but I may chicken out from trying to do it alone and ask my neighbour to help.

submitted 442 days ago • 0 comments

My father (96yrs) lives in a care home. His short-term memory is very limited. In the poor daylight, when he wakes up, he doesn't know whether the clock time is morning or evening. I've made him a one-handed clock with a 24hr movement and a face marked as 2 x 12hr to help with this. He likes it!

submitted 443 days ago • 0 comments