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| AdeV:
--- Quote ---some enjoyable time in Birmingham --- End quote --- Well, I suppose that must be possible, but I'd be interested to know how... :lol: It's worth looking further afield than Birmingham - if for no other reason than Birmingham being "the workshop of the world" (150 years ago at least), most of their machines will have seen heavy-duty use, and will likely be knackered. Depending on what your budget is, there's a firm up here in Merseyside - G. T. Precision - who refurbish older machines to an extremely high standard (far out of the reach of my meagre pockets). I also know a steel supply company in Liverpool who have some machines, he didn't laugh in my face when I suggested selling one or more of them, so he might be worth approaching; I can get you a name/number but you would have to do the legwork yourself I'm afraid (I haven't the skills to tell a good machine from a mediocre one). I'd recommend getting a belt-drive J-head rather than a varispeed one, the varispeeds have a tendency to disintegrate expensively, I'm told, and the standard step pulleys give plenty of speed variation in my (limited) experience. |
| boardbuster:
Ade, you`re cracking me up ... German tourits are being told that Birmingham is the place to be ... LOL. That company in Mercyside, is that the one in Birkenhead ? I`ve had a look at their site and that mill offered is basically the budget .... grrrrr ...... is the max I can do. I`ve chosen the Midlands cause most of the dealers with a website are located there. If someone could name me a few dealers up at Mercyside ... what the heck ... I`m flying up there ! Yeeaw. I just wanted to avoid flying to one destination and that place hasn`t got to offer more than 2 dealers, you know what I`m saying ? So if you know of some places, let me know please ! I have activated that mail-forwarding button in the registration-form but here we go again: ( Email address removed to prevent spam ) Thanks a lot Rainer |
| spuddevans:
Hi Rainer, 1st of all, welcome to Madmodder :wave: I removed your email address from your last message body as spam-bots could've harvested it very easily and you could've found your email inbox inundated with offers you really were not looking for!!! Any member can email you by using the little Email icon below your Username. Tim |
| AdeV:
--- Quote ---German tourits are being told that Birmingham is the place to be ... LOL. --- End quote --- Looks like someone's sense of humour is up to no good! (with apologies to any Brummies, I know your city is lovely really, I've only ever seen the bad bits)... Actually, Birmingham is - if you like industrial history - probably a must-see place. So much of our country is founded on Brummie engineering, many of the old machine tool manufacturers were located there. Don't worry about choosing a particular area of the UK - you can easily drive a van from Birmingham to Merseyside in less than 3 hours; or B'ham to Manchester (similar time), even Birmingham to Nottingham (should you wish to hear Mr Stevenson tell you just what Bridgeports are good for & where they should be shoved). In many ways, Birmingham would make an excellent base as it's well connected to the rest of the country by what we laughingly call motorways (imagine 3 lanes of stationary nose-to-tail traffic on the wrong side of the road, and you know what the M6 looks like most of the time) FWIW - Merseyside is a small place, there won't be that many dealers up here... but, like I said, don't restict yourself to just Birmingham - industry lives everywhere in this country. Have a look at the machinery for sale page on http://www.lathes.co.uk; you could also put a free wanted ad on http://www.homeworkshop.org.uk/ |
| Jonny:
As John has mentioned, what the dealers offer is outrageous prices and buy in for a song. There are plenty of dealers around here more than any where else in the country, would i recommend any, no. Other than that buy a Bridgy and drop one round here my chinese machines are scrap and after one pronto. What about buying a van and selling when you come back. Large trailer limited to 60 mph over here, check our laws which include your car towing weight, you may be over unless have a big 4wd 3 ltr 3 tonne car. I would have a look at personal sales. I'll do some digging but know of two Bridgeports up Scotland best part of 360 mile away, not worth it for me. |
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