Member postings for Karlas

thank you all for your inputs, very educational for me, and maybe I should have done some better home work before jumping in the deep pool anyway I will keep on swimming .........

intend to gather some knowledge locally, first hand from lath / mill operators....

my tendency is to look first at better quality, have read bad stories abt some lack of it in asian machines ( mayby buyers bad luck, last fryday or first monday machines ? )

have been surfing the net a lot ( still a bit confusing ) came across this link for lathes and mills: **LINK**

a German controled Chinees manufacturer , should be relyable quality ?

Edited By Karlas on 05/06/2013 14:53:53

Edited By Karlas on 05/06/2013 14:54:17

Thank you to all of you for your responce ............

Ian .......It is very exspencive to me too , but it is supposedly well built and of good quality and made in Austria . Yes I am new to lath work ( wet behind the ears ), but been dreaming for a looong time to build some engines. And having limited space in my flat ( no garage or workshop ) = limited size of machine. Thank you very much for your input.

Ady........ I am studying this site . Thank you.

Bazyle ........ Take a look at this site : **LINK**

Karl

Does anyone have exsperience or knowledge of the Proxxon PD400 Lathe,

any hints or tips would be grately appreciated.

Karl

Edited By Karl Asgeirsson on 02/06/2013 17:59:15

I am new to this arena, living in Iceland.

Was wondering if anyone could direct me to a supplyer of S.S.Axel material in small metric sizes, 1 mm, 1.5 mm, 2 mm, 2.5 mm and 3 mm , and in small quantities ........

Karl