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Hey Alby,
I sent you the specs on the cutters PM. They were hybrid odd balls that I lucked on first time I looked at Amazon.
I'll have 5mm above top of bottom releif. Only way I could get any better load distribution would be to follow the great Mr Witworth.
However I have a personal policy to not mix Imperial & metrickery. Even a cursory look at what those Victorians,(age not state mate), were doing shows we haven't learnt much. ISO standard T-slot clamp kits can be had cheap, the 8mm set I bought in anticipation set me back NZD$46 including p & p.
I'm a big fan of keeping everything in the club aye.
Winter setting in is not good as I still need to build a new shed to house stuff as I want to get the Adcock & Shipley 2AGU mill inside to start rebuilding the rest of it.
Thanks for the thoughts on size vs value re the lathe. I'm happy. I just wanted something brand new that nobody else had played with just so I could stuff it up all on my lonesome.
I sent you the specs on the cutters PM. They were hybrid odd balls that I lucked on first time I looked at Amazon.
I'll have 5mm above top of bottom releif. Only way I could get any better load distribution would be to follow the great Mr Witworth.
However I have a personal policy to not mix Imperial & metrickery. Even a cursory look at what those Victorians,(age not state mate), were doing shows we haven't learnt much. ISO standard T-slot clamp kits can be had cheap, the 8mm set I bought in anticipation set me back NZD$46 including p & p.
I'm a big fan of keeping everything in the club aye.
Winter setting in is not good as I still need to build a new shed to house stuff as I want to get the Adcock & Shipley 2AGU mill inside to start rebuilding the rest of it.
Thanks for the thoughts on size vs value re the lathe. I'm happy. I just wanted something brand new that nobody else had played with just so I could stuff it up all on my lonesome.