Penny lathes

[mark ross]

Lots of discussion on scrim,

Any body remember banging on sets over penny lathe and not needing ( or being told not needed) ye olde jute over them.

Bring on the old boys

 

[lucius]

Ime not that old

 

[bubbles65]

Is that the 16" lats with a nail between each row to maintain the gap?

 

[rockhardsolidplastering]

yep just small boards really then rough and skim

 

[henry]

we used them a lot on schools .

 

[Gibbo]

i used them on tom cruises house and a large apartment in belgravia you had to scrim internals though

 

[henry]

Is that on your cv gibbo Lol

 

[Gibbo]

no mate there,s only one word on my cv and thats c**t

 

[pftmonojetman]

Never heard them called penny lathes before i remember gyproc lath board, i even saw gyproc paramount partition on a job the other day i thought that had gone out with the ark

 

[Gibbo]

yeah gyproc lath

 

[henry]

What is the correct name for this mate, penny lathe

 

[martinemj]

lath boards

only used them a couple of times

specified by builder i subbed to back then

boarded ceilings of a whole house with em ,

shame they stopped making them ,you could bang them up all day long --no problem

 

[The Apprentice]

Lath boards are still available and you still don't need to scrim the round edge of the boards

 

[martinemj]

Lath boards are still available and you still don't need to scrim the round edge of the boards

not seen any on sale , thought they stopped making them!!

 

[The Apprentice]

Looks like you are right, last lot of literature I had showed them but nothing on the website now.

Anyway hot of the press BG have developed a skimming spraying plaster that finishes like multi and cna be completed in two passes, still think that it needs 3 tbh.

 

[mark ross]

Always only ever known these to be reffered to as penny lathes by the old boys I worked with, maybe because the edge was round like a penny,but Im just guessing at this.Also sold as Gyproc lathe, I have not seen around for some years now.Which is probably a good thing.especially if your on a m2 rate.

 

[bubbles65]

Aye........16" wide and 4ft or 4ft 6" long. Wonder who would be first in the van and away home boarding ceilings with them, or with 8' x 4's?:rolleyes)

 

[Gibbo]

Lath boards are still available and you still don't need to scrim the round edge of the boards

the internals need scrimming

 

[authenticlime]

Is that the 16" lats with a nail between each row to maintain the gap?

yep and the term "penny lathe" came from the use of the nail...or the "penny nail" the real name is/was gyproc lathe