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azotic

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Jan 25, 2010, 9:57:26 PM1/25/10
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Forget that usless exercise equiptment, a lathe offers greater satisfaction.

http://cgi.ebay.com/F-J-Barnes-No-4-1-2-Velocipede-Pedal-Lathe_W0QQitemZ200432328805QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2eaab2a065

Best Regards
Tom.


Ignoramus29432

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Jan 25, 2010, 11:57:59 PM1/25/10
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On 2010-01-26, azotic <azo...@cox.net> wrote:
> Forget that usless exercise equiptment, a lathe offers greater satisfaction.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/F-J-Barnes-No-4-1-2-Velocipede-Pedal-Lathe_W0QQitemZ200432328805QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2eaab2a065
>

I hope that this lathe does not go to scrap, it is so cute.

The chair is the only thing that left me puzzled, how can you sit on
it and not fall down.

i

Don Foreman

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Jan 26, 2010, 1:20:12 AM1/26/10
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Making chips while logging puff-n-sweat hour(s) for that day. Beats a
treadmill!

Existential Angst

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Jan 26, 2010, 8:45:47 AM1/26/10
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"azotic" <azo...@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Forget that usless exercise equiptment, a lathe offers greater
> satisfaction.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/F-J-Barnes-No-4-1-2-Velocipede-Pedal-Lathe_W0QQitemZ200432328805QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2eaab2a065

Could put a motor on it, or, for the same 10c kWhr or so, hire Jon Banquer
to pedal it -- mebbe 12c kWhr, if he promises to keep his mouth shut.

$995 seems a bit steep tho.
--
EA

>
> Best Regards
> Tom.
>


Mark Rand

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Jan 26, 2010, 10:55:47 AM1/26/10
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On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:57:26 -0800, "azotic" <azo...@cox.net> wrote:


At that price, with no option to make an offer, it should end up as scrap :-(


Mark Rand
RTFM

Karl Townsend

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Jan 27, 2010, 5:39:50 AM1/27/10
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> I hope that this lathe does not go to scrap, it is so cute.
>
> The chair is the only thing that left me puzzled, how can you sit on
> it and not fall down.

Those metal seats are very common on antique farm machinery. They are
amazingly comfortable (but COLD if cold outside). Many of them have been
welded to antique cream cans to make a real nice bar stool height chair. I
even removed the POS vinyl seat from my John Deere 5310N and replaced it
with one of these from an old ford tractor.

Karl


Jon Elson

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Jan 27, 2010, 5:22:09 PM1/27/10
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azotic wrote:
> Forget that usless exercise equiptment, a lathe offers greater satisfaction.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/F-J-Barnes-No-4-1-2-Velocipede-Pedal-Lathe_W0QQitemZ200432328805QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2eaab2a065
>
I got some REALLY good exercise when I was rebuilding my Sheldon R-15
lathe. It involved picking up the carriage and flipping it over several
hundred times, generally at least 10 times an evening. I could almost
get a runner's high off of that much exercise.

Since I got the bed refinished, it hasn't provided as much good aerobic
exercise, but still gives satisfaction every time I turn it on.

Jon

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