Good evening gents.
So I had previously messaged a couple of members on the forum, and they advised me to post this as a new thread! This is my first thread on PM, despite being a member for a while.
So here is the short-ish version of the story!
I am a hobby engineer, living in Dublin, Ireland. I make model steam engines, and small parts at home, on a Myford Super 7. I have a small YouTube channel, called BestLathePlans (for anyone interested - https://www.youtube.com/bestlatheplans)
I decided I needed a Mill, so I thought it would be a great idea to buy a nice small mill, so I bought a Bridgeport form the UK. Whilst figuring out transport back to Ireland, I realised it was not much more expensive to bring several machines back. So I ended up buying a bunch of machines to keep the Bridgeport company on the journey.
In total I ended up buying:
The Studer and pillar drill were a total impulse buy. I have never done any grinding, other than shaping some tool steel cutters for use on my Myford lathe.
In total I spent €1800 on machines, and another €1100 on transport, customs, tax, fuel, etc, etc, which I thought was actually not too bad at all...
So, I just wanted to say hi, and post a few pics of the machines. I'll probably be posting a bunch of queries in the coming weeks/months, when I realise how much work I've taken on.
If you want to see any other views of the machines, just give me a shout!
Cheers,
Del
So I had previously messaged a couple of members on the forum, and they advised me to post this as a new thread! This is my first thread on PM, despite being a member for a while.
So here is the short-ish version of the story!
I am a hobby engineer, living in Dublin, Ireland. I make model steam engines, and small parts at home, on a Myford Super 7. I have a small YouTube channel, called BestLathePlans (for anyone interested - https://www.youtube.com/bestlatheplans)
I decided I needed a Mill, so I thought it would be a great idea to buy a nice small mill, so I bought a Bridgeport form the UK. Whilst figuring out transport back to Ireland, I realised it was not much more expensive to bring several machines back. So I ended up buying a bunch of machines to keep the Bridgeport company on the journey.
In total I ended up buying:
- Bridgeport BRJ (1971)
- Tom Senior Horizontal Mill (1977)
- Progress 3A pillar drill - dual speed motor, 70-1800RPM (year unknown)
- Colchester Master Lathe (1963)
- Studer OB Grinder (1955)
- Guyson Shotblasting Cabinet and filters and gun
The Studer and pillar drill were a total impulse buy. I have never done any grinding, other than shaping some tool steel cutters for use on my Myford lathe.
In total I spent €1800 on machines, and another €1100 on transport, customs, tax, fuel, etc, etc, which I thought was actually not too bad at all...
So, I just wanted to say hi, and post a few pics of the machines. I'll probably be posting a bunch of queries in the coming weeks/months, when I realise how much work I've taken on.
If you want to see any other views of the machines, just give me a shout!
Cheers,
Del