Recent content by shlomo

Special thanks to all the respondents! I got a reply from Chester tools, a UK based company: "Thank you for your recent enquiry. The shipping charges for the 2 machines will be as follows; DB7VS Lathe - £559.00. This machine has metal gears. Champion 16V Lathe - £551.00 Door to door charges...

Which of the accessories listed here would you order assuming no more than 300 pounds for the accessories? http://www.warco.co.uk/milling-machines/31-wm-14-variable-speed-milling-machine.html And I sent them an email about shipping and handling to Israel to see if its not too expensive.

Are you serious??? £5,760.00 for a milling machine ... OMG :)

Thanks for the very informative reply. Would you say the same about their Lathes? If I need both should I buy it from them? again, notice space /weight limit nothing more than 100GK for each, Thanks,

Thanks for the info - The Warco is indeed more expensive, being a complete novice I cant really tell if its worth the extra expense. I cant even understand why this: http://www.quantum-machines.com/products/drilling-milling-machine/index.html costs 900 Euro. I am willing to make the...

Hi All, I decided its time to buy a milling machine and start working. After reading dozens of articles, blogs, recommendations and even some more ... I reached a conclusion that i have too much information and to many options to choose from. At present I am trying to discern between the...

I still haven't bought a lathe (or a mill ha ha) so meanwhile I am collecting and (mostly) reading information. Bumped into this, posting it here for the benefit of others. http://www.panyo.com/project/index.htm http://www.panyo.com/crampton/ http://www.panyo.com/oscillators/

Hi, While we are at the topic, I saw a reference to this lathe in some other post http://www.cowells.com/index.htm which looks nice but costs 1800 British pounds and is out of my budget ... and an excellent post here: http://watchmaking.weebly.com/cowells-90cw.html There is also an excellent...

Thanks to all the participants who replied to my questions, I really do appreciate it :) This is the sherline model I am now considering: http://www.sherline.com/images/4000Cpic.jpg So if I understand correctly the Lathe would by sufficient to construct lets say this beginners model...

Hello all, I bumped into this excellent forum while I was looking for information on building engines (lucky me ha?). I must admit that I was very impressed by the quality of the work here. I have several questions I hope someone can help me with. Please understand that I am new to this, I...