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John Rudd:
Andrew,
The quality is pretty good on the whole.....
The ground finish on the ways in particular look good....but by contrast there are runs in the paintwork if you look......closely enough.....
The other sideways seem to be very smooth, with tapered gibs...
I'm quite impressed that it has a Camloc spindle nose, I expected either a flange mount or thread.....

Spurry:
Nice one John. :thumbup:
Hope you have enough pennies left for a QC toolpost.
Is it a D1-3 fitting?
Pete

awemawson:
That's good news then. It seems Chinese quality is improving all the time. Remember when Japanese goods were considered shoddy? Didn't take long for them to turn it round.

I'm slightly surprised that your surprised re: the spindle nose - surely that's quite a large factor in deciding which machine to buy  :scratch:

John Rudd:

--- Quote from: Spurry on June 18, 2015, 12:02:23 PM ---Nice one John. :thumbup:
Hope you have enough pennies left for a QC toolpost.
Is it a D1-3 fitting?
Pete

--- End quote ---

Yup loads-a-money.......
Qctp on the list....

Fitting is either -3 or -4...... Not sure  yet...

Nice machine tho'  :D

John Rudd:
Andrew,
It was a factor, in fact I dismissed the Crusader m/c from Chester on that basis.....but given this machine was £1700 versus the Crusader I'm not bothered now....There were some advantages that the Crusader had, gap bed, 800mm centres, 300mm centre height, but not enough to warrant spending another £1400.....

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