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Dell:
Checked runout on the ER collet with my verdict 0.0005” and it didn’t quite reach the first increment so I presume that’s a bit less than 1/2 thou.
A nice chap Phil sent me a message saying have I seen the ML10 steadies , I hadn’t but I have now as I have purchased them, fixed & travelling for £110 , can’t normally get the travelling steady for that, ( THANKS PHIL ) , tangential tool holders finally arrived from Australia today, ordered Multifix from PeWe tools in Germany so getting there, restored a couple of clocks while I have been waiting for bits to arrive.
My wife asked if she could start spending some money, I said there’s none left   :lol:
Dell

Muzzerboy:
I bought my Multifix starter set from the Create Tool factory in China and subsequently bought additional holders through Alibaba - the additional AD size holders for my Bantam were $30 + vat each. It's true you can buy some awful tat from China but these were both good experiences and their parts are nicely made and fit together well. Although PeWe likes to make out there is some German secret sauce involved, he simply resells stuff he gets from China.

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/turning-and-facing-holder-for-40_1942170900.html?spm=a2756.order-detail-ta-ta-b.0.0.18d02fc2ZwTDBM

http://www.createtool.com/

Dell:
The reason I purchased QCTP from PeWe was because that’s what I had on the Pultra.
As I wanted some way to stop the lathe in an emergency ( heaven forbid) I needed an emergency cut off switch but I thought it was silly spending money on that then upgrading to variable speed later so I decided to upgrade now and be done with it as it’s got the said emergency stop button, so I have ordered the Newton Tesla motor and inverter kit because it’s just plug and play, also found a swivel milling slide for a sensible price as new, so getting there slowly but still waiting for motor kit to turn up.
I have been restoring a clock that was sent to me for restoration and I thought I would add a picture of the state it was in, I think it’s probably the worst one I have done , I have had them come with rusty arbors and filthy but this one takes top prize ( so far )
Before and after pictures.
Dell
  

philf:
This is the worst I've seen:





This was a favour for a friend. If it had been mine it would have been binned!

Dell:
Hi Phil
They can all be saved, cost usually more than value but you can’t put a value on sentimental items, you just have to look at some of the items people hang onto that they get in the repair shop.
I had to soak this movements arbors in Evaporust for 24 hours .
Dell
 

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