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tekfab:
 "English" ?   Better of with good old accurately engineered  GERMAN  machinery !   :clap:

Mike

awemawson:
:wack: Fighting talk  :wack:

Andrew Wildman:
German? If you are going to have to use foreign tools you might as well go all the way and use swiss :wack: :)

The Cromwell lathe I have has tenths verniers on all the dials.  I am yet to see another lathe, German or Swiss with that, although in the last 50 years it may have lost some of its original accuracy!

http://www.lathes.co.uk/cromwell/index.html

tekfab:

--- Quote from: Andrew Wildman on August 28, 2013, 02:08:48 PM ---German? If you are going to have to use foreign tools you might as well go all the way and use swiss :wack: :)

The Cromwell lathe I have has tenths verniers on all the dials.  I am yet to see another lathe, German or Swiss with that, although in the last 50 years it may have lost some of its original accuracy!

--- End quote ---

Ah well if you paid attention you would have noticed most Toolroom quality lathes, and milling machines, have dials graduated in tenths.   :)   In fact my own Maho SK250 (1950's vintage) mill does in fact have graduated dials enabling readings of 0.0001" on all 3 axis.

Mike

Andrew Wildman:
good point. Well made.

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