On Friday 26 April 2013 14:44:38 andy pugh did opine: > On 26 April 2013 16:42, <kqt4a...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You have saved me a lot of money, headaches and possible alcoholism > > I need to rethink my hobbies to fit my space, maybe a nice quilting > > frame > > The thing is, that a lot of these machines look the same, but are > built to different standards. > The forerunner of most of the cheap lathes was the Emco Compact 10: > http://www.lathes.co.uk/emco/page7.html > My cheap Indian knock-off of the cheap Chinese knock-offs of the > original German design is not very nice at all, but it could have been > OK if it had been built by someone who had ever seen a lathe before. > > I think that there are some people on this list who have links with > Smithy and are keeping quiet to retain impartiality. > > The trick is probably to make sure you have a look at the machine in > the metal, and twiddle the knobs, before comitting.
Which explains why I have not yet purchased the GO704 from Grizzly, I have yet to stop by the showroom in Muncy PA and found one actually on display. The dog & pony show says we can't keep one long enough to set up up out here. Something tells me there is a reason they won't let us spin the wheels. That thing is a BF20 or a BF30? I'm confused. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. -- Lao Tsu A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
