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Hi from Sunny Spain
tinkerer:
Welcome Gordon. :nrocks: A lifetime of experience and knowledge here. :smart: Afraid I am too old to make use of all of it. :( Start reading all of the threads and you won't have time to do anything for yourself. :lol:
CrewCab:
Welcome Gordon,
Just got back from your part of the world a few days ago and I'm already missing the sunshine and warm weather :bang: , just enjoy your retirement in the pleasent climate.
SX3 is a nice mill, I'm sure you'll enjoy it; as for a lathe 12" x 24" eliminates a lot of the hobby range, ............. Chester's Crusader might fit the bill, John (BogStandard) on here has one, so has John Hill, no doubt they will be happy to share their view's.
hth
CC
GordTopps:
Thanks for the welcome guys!
Stew, was ROF Radway Green a small arms factory? Started my apprenticeship in 1964 also. Bet that was also a great place for an apprenticeship.
Seriously thinking of the purchase of a Warco BH600/900 Lathe, which is equivalent to the Grizzly G9249, anyone with any info/experience on these type/size of lathes?
Thinking about levelling up the lathe, just purchased a digital protractor, would this suffice for setting up the lathe or would I still need to beg, steal or borrow an accurate spirit level?
Thanks for any info.
Gordon
bogstandard:
Gordon,
The Warco BH600 lathe you are looking at is basically the same as the Chester Craftsman, which now comes with DRO as standard
Here is the Chester unit which shows a better picture and explains things in a more readable form.
http://www.chesteruk.net/store/craftsman.htm
I looked at this lathe when I was doing my upgrade. I looked at the Chester version. It seemed like a very heavily built machine, in fact it is basically the same as my Crusader with a different head.
A couple of minus points.
I didn't like the back gear feature, it was VERY noisy, as most back gears are. Twice as noisy as my Crusader (which when wacking it, can get a bit loud) which has a fully geared head. I also didn't like the screwed chuck mount, again a personal thing, I wouldn't want one of those big heavy chucks chasing me around the shop, and doing a lot of damage to the lathe on the way down.
But other than that, a normal build, far eastern machine, that comes with most features and equipment you will need, especially the power cross feed, which to me is a must on that size of machine.
Unless you are considering wanting to do long shaft work, I personally would go with the short bed version, as the spindle bore is a rather nice large size, and any long stuff under 36mm (1 3/8") will go 'up the spout'.
200 squid for a QCTP and a few extra holders will see you well on your way.
Bogs
chuck foster:
welcome gordon :wave: :wave:
chuck :wave:
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