Member postings for george BROCKIS

The handbags are out .

"use temperature it will shrink to the exact pitch required" lol

More useful and interesting stuff for me to try and get my head round, but just to clarify for me please if i go imperial , can do metric but just with less accuracy and vice versa for the metric, can do imperial to a point. As i will probably be working on more contemporary machines projects ,my guess would be to go for the metric version .

The 280 has a separate saddle lead screw i noticed ,are there any real advantages for this in day to day machining

Please forgive my ignorance on this subject but its been over 30 years since i used one at college ,and i want to choose the right one as i hope its going to be my companion for the next 25 years,if i,m lucky .

Cheers . George

Thankyou very much Gentlemen for your concise and rapid responses .

The 280 showed a 26 setting on its front panel ,it does look a considerably sturdier machine than the 250 with all components ,crosslides ,beds and tail stocks ect, but i did originally start looking at the 180 model and have talked myself up to the 250 as most feedback i have heard from people is to get as big as u can afford.

My interest in motorcycles is mostly vintage Japanese but when i do get to retire one day i would like the option to do British just in case. I have being watching out for old lathes on ebay ,but as an newbie i m not savy enough to know whats a good or a bad one ,worn out or not ,if i buy new i know what im getting and can put it on a business lease too.

Thankyou for the heads up on NthreadsP ,have had a look at that and looks simple enough for my brain to possibly master , So it looks like it would be possible to make a workaround for this 26tpi prob , but ooohhhh that 280 did look nice though !!

Can i see myself truing up flywheels ,not at the present , but when i have finished fixing other peoples cars everyday and retiring ,who knows,hopefully.

Thanks to all ,for your help

George

I,m a lathe newbie and am presently trying to pick my first machine, had set my mind on a Warco Wm250 V as it seemed to tick all my boxes.

Went to the warco open day to see it in the flesh ,whilst there I found it does not have a 26 tpi thread cutting setting,as this is a common pitch for motorbikes,and that is my main interest , is this as deal breaker for this lathe for me ,or could I use a metric setting that is close ,or change a gear in the box ,but maths is not my strong point so please no point in reams of over complicated formulae as my brain will melt.

I could of course choose up to the wm 280 ,but is an extra £400 .

One thing I did want to check out today was motor noise as I had viewed an identical machine badged by another company with standard motor ,the inverter model from warco is substantially quiter.

Many thanks

George