[Noisebridge-discuss] Lathe slaves?

Andy Isaacson adi at hexapodia.org
Tue Nov 10 02:26:17 UTC 2009


On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 06:07:37PM -0800, Jesse welz wrote:
> The noisebridge lathe is only semi-functional at this point. It can be
> used however the chuck key and the nylon gears required to make the
> feed operate are not in house. Someone told me that they are with the
> original owner of the lathe.

You could've asked around a bit, there are a few dozen people who could
connect you with David (who donated the lathe).

[snip description of how to hack the lathe in the absence of some
critical parts]

> I could probably show you what I know, have learned but I usually come
> into NB really late on week nights. Like 11:30pm or so. Let me know if
> you can come into the space late sometime and I would be glad to help
> you get up to speed.

How about we have a lathe workshop, like, tomorrow or something?  I'd
love to learn more about how to use it and I suspect the relevant parts
are around somewhere.  I'll ping David to see if he's available.

-andy



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