On Friday 26 April 2013 21:38:33 dave did opine: > On Fri, 2013-04-26 at 20:19 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 26 April 2013 20:17:22 dave did opine: > > > On Fri, 2013-04-26 at 14:48 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > > > Hi all, > > > My first machine was a Griz. I sold it to my BIL and went to an > > > auction and bought a real mill. He got for about what I paid for it > > > but it came with lots of tooling I'd acquired. OTOH, my cinci cost > > > less than the Griz and there is simply no comparison in quality. > > > The cinci came with ballscrews and X and Y servo motors. Just add > > > $$$ for a control plus emc (that in itself dates it) and Voila! > > > > > > Dave > > > > True Dave, but even my 8" thick garage floor is not up to holding up > > some of the Cinci's I've seen. Sitting on this WV yellow clay, even > > a 1000 lb machine will slowly sink. > > My soil is good for about 3000 psi. I poured a 3+ inch layer of 4.5" > slump 6 sack with #4 bar in a grid at 2' centers. AFIK nothing is > shifting after 25 years. ;-) > > Dave > I'd damned near kill for soil like that. This shit will NOT stay where I put it.
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