I personally am working at making a Gingery Lathe. Yep, that’s right no high faluting welding spoken here buddy. Sand casting with Aluminum ( al-u-min-ium for the British types). Yessiree, blast furnace makes short work of aluminum and pot metal. Why this route? Because I wanted to. Can I weld, absolutely! I learned with gas, moved to mig, then to tig. Wholeheartedly agree with getting somebody to work with you to teach. After that, it becomes controlling the heat with the torch and rod/filler.

 

            I did have the privilege of seeing Steve Brooks’ rotary installation in his Cozy mkIV. Looks great. He is using the stock turbo option. Does anybody know if the stock turbo will hold up for continuous duty? I have heard the bearings and lubrication is a problem. Maybe I heard wrong?

 

And Ed, if that Atlas lathe needs a home, let me know. I will gladly run and make chips with it. 8^)>  But seriously, I looked at my metal working needs and the Gingery is just fine for my needs. I like to prototype stuff occasionally and my Shopsmith just doesn’t do what I need for metal. Wood now....that is a different story.

 

 

 

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