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An 11" South Bend
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Re: An 11
What? Does MOSS stand for Manchurian Operational Steel Shop?
;D
Hey, I didn't say I wouldn't use them... and there's the rub. It doesn't feel right with all the made in China stuff but I'm too cheap to actually replace a perfectly good tool.
Desmo - Yeah, you'd think, if anything, that would have one of those MiC things but they probably sourced it out to India.
-Ron
blame582 link=topic=1635.msg11749#msg11749 date=1303625823 said:
What? Does MOSS stand for Manchurian Operational Steel Shop?
;D Hey, I didn't say I wouldn't use them... and there's the rub. It doesn't feel right with all the made in China stuff but I'm too cheap to actually replace a perfectly good tool.
Desmo - Yeah, you'd think, if anything, that would have one of those MiC things but they probably sourced it out to India.
-Ron
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Re: An 11
Another practical and helpful tip. You guys are amazing. : ;D
Today I marked some kind of "milestone" with my lathe. I put up a couple of overhead shop lights in the garage I'm keeping it in and moved it to the back of the garage under the lights. I actually plugged it in and let it run for a couple of minutes. It was much more quiet than I would have figured.
I am a little concerned with the leveling/setup of it though. When I put the level on it was mighty close to perfect. Spot on by the head and a couple of marks off at the tail. What concerns me though is that I can just lift/push on the end of the stand and change how it sets by enough to make me a little leery. I will let it sit now for a couple of days before I try to do any actual leveling just to be sure but am letting the OCD get to me more than I should? It would be great to get something like the original cast iron "stands" that I've seen in the old catalogs but they aren't exactly jumping out of the woodwork.
Opinions?
-Ron
knudsen link=topic=1635.msg11890#msg11890 date=1303739329 said:
Another practical and helpful tip. You guys are amazing. :
;DToday I marked some kind of "milestone" with my lathe. I put up a couple of overhead shop lights in the garage I'm keeping it in and moved it to the back of the garage under the lights. I actually plugged it in and let it run for a couple of minutes. It was much more quiet than I would have figured.
I am a little concerned with the leveling/setup of it though. When I put the level on it was mighty close to perfect. Spot on by the head and a couple of marks off at the tail. What concerns me though is that I can just lift/push on the end of the stand and change how it sets by enough to make me a little leery. I will let it sit now for a couple of days before I try to do any actual leveling just to be sure but am letting the OCD get to me more than I should? It would be great to get something like the original cast iron "stands" that I've seen in the old catalogs but they aren't exactly jumping out of the woodwork.
Opinions?
-Ron
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