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 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------ 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 > > > Cheers, Gene ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
