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John Stevenson:

--- Quote from: Circlip on December 31, 2008, 08:05:51 AM ---Sadly all markets are accountancy driven cos profitability comes foremost, and Joe public, as we well know wants as much as he can get and pay bugger all for it, due to other demands on disposable income.

 I'm not knocking the Chinese made goods although the "Tiger economy" for fakes in certain areas beggars belief (Especially Medical goods), but it does make one wonder who's going to get the Bench grinder, Bandsaw, Drilling machine, Lathe design package next? Zimbabwe springs to mind?

  Happy new year,  Regards  Ian.

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Good points Ian.

Probably not Africa because have you have said markets are accountancy driven and Taiwan and China has the capacity for hard work and investment which sadly I think Africa lacks.

If you go over to China and see what is on offer there are some nice machines but not as cheap as what we are seeming. As one manufacturer said to me " Why do you always want the cheapest of what we can make ?

JS

ja2on:
Hi cedge
You mention in your post 5" chuck back plates where can I get one ?
I'm looking forward to reading more about your C4 mods  :thumbup:

cedge:
Ja2on
The adapter came from www.littlemachineshop.com . Chris was quite helpful in helping to decide which one to use, but I've not got that information on hand at the moment.

I'm in the middle of adding the new DRO system to the SX3 mill, so the C4 is sort of waiting its turn for my attention. Plenty of small changes are in the works when I can get to it. Today was almost 80° here and the perfect day to be in the shop for a change.

Steve

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