China is interesting in many ways, and has drastically changed since I first went there in 2002. At times it’s hard to recognize the area we were in the previous trip due to the development. It has certainly taken a turn for the worse since Xi came to power though. We haven’t been to Hong Kong yet, my wife really wants to go there, but we won’t be going back until there is no quarantining of arriving passengers. With the way things are going, that might be a while.
I wanted a BS-0 dividing head for a project and PM was out of it several months ago. I lucked out and found a NOS Vertex one on Ebay. It needed a thorough cleaning since the packing preservative was hardened due to age, this one was made in 2014, but once cleaned up, it worked great. I got it for $500 including shipping, so not much more expensive than the ones from PM.
I wanted a BS-0 dividing head for a project and PM was out of it several months ago. I lucked out and found a NOS Vertex one on Ebay. It needed a thorough cleaning since the packing preservative was hardened due to age, this one was made in 2014, but once cleaned up, it worked great. I got it for $500 including shipping, so not much more expensive than the ones from PM.
