Member postings for chris j

Posted by JasonB on 17/11/2012 13:23:12:

Both the bigger machines have power cross feed.

The 290 is really just the big bore 280VF that several others do and warco have added a DRO, I've had teh 280VF for about 4 years and am quite happy with it.

The main advantage of the 12 & 13" machines is they have a gap which ios handy if you are thinking of traction engiens but unlikely to be needed for Locos

3 phase and a VFD would give you variabl espeed but still have plenty of torque

J

Posted by _Paul_ on 17/11/2012 14:43:12:

Personally to get the most bang for your buck I would go used, £3k could buy a very decent used Colchester or Harrison, is machine parking space an issue?

Paul

Posted by Bazyle on 17/11/2012 14:03:11:

Are you intent on new? Do you actually need a large turning diameter? How about considering a solid old toolroom lathe which would make a nice contrast to the lightweight myford.

I'm thinking of getting another Lathe, I have a Myford Super 7 with a power cross slide, it's a nice machine, but I fancy a change.

I have a thread running about a couple of Warco lathes, but wondered what else you guys might suggest?

So lets say I have around £3k in the pot.

I'd like something a bit larger than the S7 but not necessarily massive.

A must have would be a 2 axis DRO

A decent spindle bore. Power feeds. Metric.

Coolant system & maybe a one push oiling system.

I think I'd prefer a 3 phase machine & inverter, but it's not a deal breaker.

Any thoughts guys and gals. (No prize for the first person to say don't change).

Posted by Bazyle on 17/11/2012 12:12:53:

Do you really need the 1330 as opposed to the 1232? With these lathe familiies they are mostly the same bed with a slightly elevated head to make it seem 'bigger'. But it is just less ridgid because the bed is the same width and weight.

Variable speed & DRO = electronics = limitted life. Until recently I had an old 12in lathe in need of some TLC but fully functional after 110 years - how will yours be in 10 years.

Posted by chris j on 17/11/2012 11:47:18:

I wonder if any of you guys have anything to say about WM 290V-F VariableSpeed Lathe or the GH1330.

Seems the 290 comes with a DRO included which is a big plus but is slightly smaller.

Anybody out there faced this dilemma ?

What did you go for ?

Chris

Posted by Terryd on 17/11/2012 09:27:41:

Hi Chris,

We used to provide yellow and blue gels for students with dylexia to place over printed matter which simulated coloured backgrounds for the text. It worked well for many with that problem.

Regards

Terry

Edited By Terryd on 17/11/2012 09:28:07

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 17/11/2012 08:17:42:

Chris,

For obvious reasons, I am reluctant to insert snippets of HTML here; but I hope this will be safe ... I have added some quotation marks, which should invalidate the HTML punctuation.

Although I cannot explain how it got there; the mechanism for displaying your yellow background is easy to find.

If you look through the HTML for the page, you will find a "div style" instruction which says "="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 191); "

255, 255, 191 is the yelllow colour that you are "using" ... and this instruction appears to be exclusive to threads that contain your posts.

MichaelG.

Note:

in Safari, there is a "View Source" menu item

in IE, press "F12"

in Firefox there is, I believe, something rather clever.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 17/11/2012 08:18:37

Posted by Terryd on 17/11/2012 07:41:05:

Hi Michael,

Thanks for that link, it will be a very useful site for me. How marvellous is this forum where I can pick up all sorts of gems as well as modelling tips.

Hi Chris,

I wasn't criticising your yellow background I was just responding to your 'GRRR' and trying to make suggestions as I have not had the overlapping ads problem since the link problem was sorted and I don't have the editing problen you seem to have as I often have to edit my text without problem.

The comments about readability of the text on yellow background is interesting as that is how we used to make text more readable for students with dyslexia, i.e. use yellow or blue paper to print on. It worked well.(I have just had to edit several spelling mistakes with no problem)

Best regards

Terry

TBH I don't mind the yellow bit as I'm an old duffer (too )

What really hacks me off is the loss of text.

Posted by Skarven on 16/11/2012 19:45:38:

Hi cris,

In IE, try

Tools/Internet Options/Advanced/Browsing/Automatically recover from page layout errors with compatibility mode Ouch!

You can also add model-engineer.co.uk to the list under

Tools/ompatibility view settings/

Or for a test, set compatibility mode from Tools/ompatibility View:

Hope that helps.

Kai

Posted by Ian Phillips on 16/11/2012 19:25:22:

Chris, didnt you notice my smiley.

I was having a dig at this website really.

Compat mode is in Internet Explorer

Ian

Anybody know where the compatability mode can be found ??

Posted by Ian Phillips on 16/11/2012 18:33:00:

Have you tried compatibility mode?

Ian

No

It doesn't happen anywhere else and is only recently happened.

It doesn't seem to happen if I reply/quote another post.

I hate it but can't work out how to get rid of it grr.

Posted by Gordon W on 16/11/2012 16:12:25:

The decent oil can is doing it now. Tried most things, nothing works Fed up.

GRR I just lost about four lines of text when I clicked back to add a full stop.

This software is as old as me !!

No real problems exept the yellow background and loosing text

I'm running Apple 10.82 and Safari 6.0.2

Can I recommend v Bulletin (no connection)

Chris

Posted by Ian Phillips on 27/09/2012 08:26:55:

Thanks for all the replies. Reilang it is, no contest!

Ian

I have lost a great link exposing UK charities sadly.

What stuck in my mind was the lady who runs a donkey charity that advertises on tv.

She pays herself something like £102k out of an income of £160k and only about 2% finds it's way to an actual donkey !!