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Thanks, Richard,
I got the Bridgemaster lifted an
on its stand today, so chips should start flying soon. I did go and look
at some photos of some of the other 3 in 1s and there is a big difference
between some of them. So far, I am impressed with what I got for my
money. Turns out the spindle is an R-8 so I guess that means I can use
Bridgeport tools {:>) Would I have loved to have a brand new bridgeport
- well, maybe. I think you need to get the amount of machine you need, not
necessarity what you can afford to buy. I know lots of folks look down on
the chinese makes and often with good reason. But, every major piece of machinery I have is chinese and the only
american made is a table saw and that is the only thing that has failed, so you
never know. My 20 year old Chinese drill press, cutoff saw and
band saw do not have on bit of plastic on them and are ugly, but despite being
abused for close to 3 decades just keep on working.
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Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:50
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Subject: [FlyRotary] Mill/Lathe
tools
I personally am working at making
a Gingery Lathe. Yep, that’s right no high faluting welding spoken here buddy.
Sand casting with Aluminum ( al-u-min-ium for the British types). Yessiree,
blast furnace makes short work of aluminum and pot metal. Why this route?
Because I wanted to. Can I weld, absolutely! I learned with gas, moved to mig,
then to tig. Wholeheartedly agree with getting somebody to work with you to
teach. After that, it becomes controlling the heat with the torch and
rod/filler.
I did have the privilege of seeing Steve Brooks’ rotary installation in his
Cozy mkIV. Looks great. He is using the stock turbo option. Does anybody know
if the stock turbo will hold up for continuous duty? I have heard the bearings
and lubrication is a problem. Maybe I heard wrong?
And Ed, if that Atlas lathe needs
a home, let me know. I will gladly run and make chips with it. 8^)>
But seriously, I looked at my metal working needs and the Gingery is just fine
for my needs. I like to prototype stuff occasionally and my Shopsmith just
doesn’t do what I need for metal. Wood now....that is a different
story.
Richard
Crapse
919-474-1628 - office
919-949-9913 - cell
rwcrapse@att.com
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