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Letter???So, just got my official PM letter that says my lathe has arrived... After it is Checked & Inspected they will ship it out to me.
Like an actual showed up in your mailbox letter?
Just curious.
Letter???So, just got my official PM letter that says my lathe has arrived... After it is Checked & Inspected they will ship it out to me.
If you knew it would have take 17 months... would you have gotten a different machine..?My 1440-2-SM-V is finally on a ship, the Georg Maersk!
Scheduled to pass thru Panama 5-3-23 and arrive in Baltimore around 5-15-23.
Then on to Pittsburg for QC check. If all goes well I hope to see it by early June.
Ordered 1-24-22 so maybe close to 17 months wait...
I was also offered the BV and passed on it.
The two machines have similar capability's .
The SM has some improvements that seemed worth the wait.
a few of them are:
a little lower and higher RPMs
more cross slide travel
more compound travel
wider thread pitch range
higher feed rates for both saddle and cross slide
flat multi v belt drive
3 hp v 2hp
to name a few
Yes I know it is a Chinese Machine but it suits my needs (wants
I currently have a Chinese G4003G that has some rough castings and is very precise.
I expect the SM will meet or exceed that precision and finish.
Dan
My bad - I should have stated an official Email... That would have been hilarious if an actual letter came in the mail.Letter???
Like an actual showed up in your mailbox letter?
Just curious.
That's where I'm at. Unfortunately there don't seem to be may options in stock or reasonable delivery. PM is pretty far out and appears to be something of a crapshoot when things will actually arrive. Grizzley is as bad. Summit machine has their version of the 1440 made in taiwan in stock but a bit more pricey than the equivalent PM machine and they don't do lift gate delivery which for a home shop is a challenge. Anything out there that I'm missing that I shouldn't?If you knew it would have take 17 months... would you have gotten a different machine..?
I got lucky and only had to wait about 4 months.
Maybe...during the wait I have seen a few used machines older, bigger, heaver.If you knew it would have take 17 months... would you have gotten a different machine..?
I got lucky and only had to wait about 4 months.
My bad - I should have stated an official Email... That would have been hilarious if an actual letter came in the mail.