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Went to switch on my Seig CQ6230B lathe yesterday & it immediately went sizzle/phutt. I know absolutely nothing about lektronix & as you'd need to be a contortionist to get at the electronics control box I'm reluctant to get a man in. It would mean A LOT of work to reposition the lathe. I can...

I'm lucky enough to have a lathe fitted with a DRO but unlucky enough to not be able to make any sense whatsoever of its Chinglish manual. I'm not an engineer, never have been, never wanted to be, so I've never had any formal training on the best & most efficient way to use a DRO. Is there a...

I'm at my wits end, I've been trawling Google for weeks with differant search terms and keep hitting the same brick walls. I'm after chrome plated, plastic inserts that fit into the top of allen key / hex head / socket cap screw bolts. They blank off the hole that the allen key fits into to...

I'm quite interested in this deal :- http://www.engineeringsupplies.co.uk/20mm-mill-cutter-inserts-deal-pack-aluminium-grade-p-1817.html I use indexable cutters on the lathe & we get on very well together, mostly because I don't want to get into regrinding the tips. In the mill I'm using...

Everyone I asked for advice before I bought the lathe told me "get your hair cut". I've always been a non-conformist & it really hurt when I had to get the hair cut for career reasons. I always promised myself that once that career was over I'd grow it back. The fire brigade were quite...

Been browsing this site for awhile now so I thought it time to introduce myself. I live in the UK (Notts/Derbys border) & would be keen to brainstorm anyone more experienced if local enough but I'm not really into joining things like groups or clubs. I'm not an engineer/machinist by trade but...