@mattbeels Thanks for your vote of confidence, I’ve spent some time this evening marking out the route for the truss rod channel and making sure the headstock still fits the blank. Not many mm to spare. I used to do…   Read more»

It’s strange his Facebook messenger account is still active sometimes 

Nice tidy workshop James. 

If anyone is worried about having a bad lockdown haircut don’t worry, Jackson Browne has got one. 

@tej
I’m getting the picture now. When people talk about hobby lathe it’s usually something quite big but just not very good quality. If there are any engineering firms near you that might be the best choice to cut a thread.

Sunday must be template making day it’s what I’m doing as well 

@tej Setting it up on a lathe is only to get things straight an level, the motor isn’t used. If you can put the tube in one end and the thread tap in a drill chuck at the other then…   Read more»

@tej Cutting a perfect thread by hand that will be perpendicular enough to run as a spindle moulder will be hard. It’s possible to set up on a lathe and wind in by hand if you have the correct lathe…   Read more»