Hi Guys, yes I did get this for a good price but I think the chap was happier after he had sent a few emails and had spoke to me and knew it was going to be used or at least homed well. I`d feel worse if I could have afforded to give him more and I was just being tight but at the present time I really can`t and like CrewCab has just said, I`m happy and he is happy so all is well.
Andyf - this will certainly fit in a suitcase! Lol, no more sweeping up swarf, I`ll just pick the hole lot up, turn it upside down and shake it
Boatmadman - I`ll get you some more details of the leadscrew over the next couple of weeks once I have had time to look at it myself. If I`m being honest, I`ve only spent an hour or so with it just to check it all over. Hopefully I will make some swarf with it soon. Regarding your dividing head, do you have any details or pictures? Was it a dividing head based on the head stock pullys?
NickG - my opinion is probably void due to lack of experience in this hobby but there seems more "feel" and control in turning small parts on a small lathe. The boxford is great but when you have a small bar chucked up in the 6" jaw with a huge lathe bed it just doesn`t seem as comfortable as with a small lathe. The little Peatol is also setup very rigid so that fine cuts can be taken with high precision ..... in theory! Regarding the wheel cutter, although I have setup my milling machine and RT to cut wheels, if I do get into clock making as I intend to, the plan would be to purchase a small 3" rotab (or even use my current 4" vertex) and mount this upside down on a bracket supported by the milling attachment. I could then use my CNC rotab software to control the indexing, mount the wheel blank on the rotab and use the headstock to spin my cutter. It could be left perminantly setup just for this job. Something like this but either a commerical rotab mounted upside down or a home made worm gear attached to my CNC gear:

...but Nick, Quote - "but I am curious as to what can you do on it that you can't on the boxford, milling machine and shaper!" in truth, nothing but it is a good excuse for more

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lol ....
Chris