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My wife still reminds me of her disappointment 40 years ago when she came home with our first baby and found that the "surprise" that awaited her and about which I was clearly rather pleased was not a decorated baby's nursery but a cold frame made out of discarded hospital bedside lockers. The "bloke" in me took some time to comprehend her lack of enthusiasm and initially put it down to "hormones". Phil. PS - how does one insert carriage returns?

I note that there are several VFD packages available and wonder how one chooses between the oft mentioned Newton Tesla and the other package options, some of which seem a bit cheaper?

I thinking particularly of fitting to an S7.

Thanks

Phil

I'm a beginner at this metalworking malarkey but a serious hobby woodworker and recognise this problem of when to tidy up and the comparison between photos of other woodworkers pristine shops compared to my own dusty heaven.

But my best tale on this line was told to me over the weekend by a professional woodworker whose shop mirrored my own.

He described a visit to the premises of a fellow professional cabinetmaker of international repute whose workshop was immaculate and before entering it, he was asked to take off his shoes.

Phil

Are the (non-power fed) screw and nut matched?

The ads state only that the power-fed screw and nut are matched, implying non-matching of the manual fed unit.

If they are not matched, I am tempted to buy just the nut in the first instance.

And how does on machine a 3/8" acme thread in a nut with apparent ease? What size the boring bar? Remember this is in the beginner's section so forgive any obvious ignorance on my part.

Thanks again to all the interesting pointers and a particular mention of: "Make a nut on your lathe".

To a beginner like me it's a bit like that response to the question "How do I get to New York at next to no cost?" - Answer - swim the Atlantic.

Or maybe I'm just not even at the beginner level!

"Make your own nut and see how it goes".

Nice one. I wonder how many beginners have a 3/8" Acme tap on hand?

And the cheapest one I can find cost about the same as a new nut.

Thanks to all for the speedy responses.

I dismantled the cross-feed screw and its components again and confirmed that there was no impairment of function between the screw and the cross slide end plate and that the grittiness was definitely related to the screw and the cross slide feed nut.

I wondered if there was some roughness of the threads in the nut and took a few turns of 400g abrasive paper around its bore with virtual elimination of the problem.

For the time being!

There is a gritty feel to the cross feed mechanism on my Super 7 when taking the cross slide from near to far side although much smoother winding back.

I’ve inspected and cleaned and oiled both the cross feed screw and the cross slide feed nut and whilst they look OK, clearly there is significant wear to one or both.

The feedscrew and can be purchased together for around £76 and the feed nut can be bought separately for a less painful £22.

Is it likely when one needs replacing due to wear, that they both need replacing or is it worth the risk and just buying the feed nut?

The gritty feel is throughout the length of the feed screw which makes me feel that the fault is with the feed nut.

I’d appreciate any informed views on this.

Thanks.

Hello

I'm looking to buy a new metal cutting bandsaw for hobby use and note that at the bottom end of the market where I reside there is a variation in price for apparently similar units eg:

APTC - £338.99, Clarke £274.80 and Sealey £389.95 - the Sealey having been reduced from a list price of £599.94.

I would appreciate help in deciding which of these I should go for.

Thanks

Phil