I wish I had a Multifix clone instead of my BXA wedge type clone. A British opinion on the Chinese clones http://www.lathes.co.uk/multifix/
My old machinist buddy only had Multifix on his lathes... watching him setup it seemed to work real fast and repeatable. JT On 6/1/2015 10:58 AM, andy pugh wrote: > My new lathe will need a new toolpost (it doesn't have one). > > I have used the "Dickson" style in the past, but I am wondering if a > Multifix clone might be worth the extra cost. > > I don't really trust Dickson-type ones to index properly, as it seems > to be something of a lottery which of the 4 flats end up in contact. > (Probably less of a concern with genuine Dickson rather than > dickson-style. > > I don't feel rich enough to buy a genuine Multifix, but there are some > clone sets on eBay at £200 or so. > > Googling this question seems to only turn up discussion of the > relative merits of "piston" and "wedge" Aloris-style toolposts. I > would need some convincing to even consider those from someone who can > compare them to Dickson or Multifix. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
