On Wednesday 07 May 2014 19:27:17 andy pugh did opine: > On 7 May 2014 23:56, Steve Blackmore <st...@pilotltd.net> wrote: > > As for three bolt mounting - I can't think of any quality lathe with > > less than 4 > > > > None of the Myford, Dean Smith & Grace, Colchester, Boxford, Harrison, > > and the many Swiss lathes I worked on had three bolt mountings? > > I will ignore Myford out of personal prejudice. > > All the others came on a makers stand, and were not supplied for bench > mounting. > If you look at lathes that were supplied for bench mounting it is a > lot more common. Rivett are just one example. > > However, I confess that I am basing my statements only on a single > source, the lathes.co.uk site, the author of which seems quite fond of > the three-bolt concept and who mentions it as a feature where found. I > am actually neither a machinist nor an engineer, I just pretend to be > both on the Internet.
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