Bogusman

Hi Chris It was nice to see catcott burtle in the flesh again so to speak and thank you for your opinion on hedgerow scenics and the demonstration of the magicians wire. Can you tell me the next exhibition you will be at next.

Pete

Hi David

Very impressed with your P4 layout and glad to see the track plan, it has given me the motivation to start to design my track plan (i am lucky to have a 24x12 home office as my hobby room). The idea of an urban layout has certainly got me thinking. I was looking at purchasing templot for designing the track plan but i have had mixed feedback as to how easy it is to use have any views on this package?

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Pete

Nice looking baseboards. Are they by the brilliant baseboard company?

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Peter

Great model it brings back memories when i used to fire it on the SVR.

Pete

This is an a amazing layout i could watch it for hours if ever it went on the exhibition circuit. I know this has been mentioned before but it would be great to see this in the MRJ.

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Peter

Unfortunately my home office is where I work from - and it has a fair amount of additional non-work stuff in it already. In the longer term my plan is to replace some tall cabinets with kitchen ones (drawers below, cupboards above, gap in between) to give me a space to keep the railway. 24x12 sounds like a dream come true!

Thanks its been my dream for quite a few years now i finally got it(photo of it on my thread on the old RMWEB)now all ive got to do is build the layout to P4 standards!I like the models you have been building and will be following your blog.

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Pete

Our table use to like that;then i mentioned to my wife about getting a home office.My wife now has her table back and i now have a 24x12 home office for my railway!

The C3 is a nice size that can be lifted by two people, ideal for up to gauge one. and you obviously have the skill to tweak it, these two sites might be helpful.

mini lathe

Gadget builder

 

there are also come cnc conversions out there if you fancy that!!!

Thanks for the sites. I dont know if i could go back to CNC as it kept me busy writing or editing on fanuc,heidihiem and general G coding as its been a few years since i last done it.

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Peter

Only a Sieg C3 , but it has been tweaked with roller bearings, the underside of the bed has been milled, gibs replaced etc etc.... I think DRO's are next addition, but its not a cheap proposition the display unit is ??170, then there is the scales to add to that, so I think horizontal digital scales might be a more reasonable idea, the whole lot should come in under ??100

I couldn't get the ML7 into my current space, and in fairness the C3 does everything I need.

Thanks for the info. I have a unimat 1 at the moment which does what i require at the moment but i am looking for something slightly bigger (it was ok when i was still in toolmaking as all i had to do was machine what ever i wanted at work in my time).

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Peter

Nice bit of machining the wheels look superb . What lathe do you have now?

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Peter

The weathering is superb on the 09 Martin

This sounds good, not least the inside working motion! Am looking forward to see the photos.?