On Wednesday 19 August 2015 10:50:16 andy pugh wrote: > On 19 August 2015 at 15:40, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Had I known what I now know about the basic 7x, I would not have > > bought it even for a $20 bill, let alone the $350 I did get it for > > all those years ago, nearly 20 now. But I needed a starter kit, and > > thats exactly what I got. A wannabe lathe kit. :( > > Imagine how satisfactory the same lathe is when raised to 9" and with > a lengthened bed. > That's what I have. Hence the Holbrook that I bought recently and am > now converting.
And it likely gained 200 lbs of iron, which will help stiffen it, a lot! And I just wasted 2 hours trolling thru the fleabay listings. Thanks. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
