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After much thought and penny counting, I decided to throw caution to the wind, risk the wrath of swmbo and spend some of the kids inheritance. 12ft x 6ft but in total 16ft 4" x 6ft 8". Had one heck of a job reversing into the yard due to the angle of drive to lane and having to reverse round the corner of the green as well. Best measure your drive Chris.

We shall see what it does when I start using the lathe in anger again Now if something is bugging me I have to sort it out which is why after lot's of measuring this little used filing cabinet was dug out.. Top and tailed, just the strenthening bits and the draw runners to go. . Flattened out with the corners marked to be chopped out. Time to bend the edges up.. First bend, a little at a time. The last bend.. Until..... Mounting holes drilled and a "sump" welded in... Yes the tray has warped a bit, but that was to be expected and will pull down alright once the tray and lathe are bolted down. Some nicely spaced welding, yes I did weld up the hole I had missed Good penetration as well A test fit of the new (hopefully) leak and crack free tray.. I did bolt the lathe back on yesterday but forgot to take any photo's..

Below is what happens when you other half has an artistic bent. Or maybe just bent. Take some old pot plant pots and get yours truly who has nothing better to do, to clean and paint them. Then do this....... I think this could be her fishy period. Though she does have a thing about crocodiles. She's now on the lookout for more pots.

Oh no , not more stuff

There's a couple of pottery chimney pots with cowls at John's. I'll add them to your growing pile of goodie's Norm.

NO. NO. NO. I'm NOT bringing a van load of pots to Yorkshire. I don't care how big your new trailer is.

Rain forecast for tomorrow, so I thought I'd better do a bit of mowing.

You might find after running the lathe for a long time or under load it trips the DOL starter, unless you turned up the overload?