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Over here in Europe, they seem to be much more expensive ...
There are various of quality manufacturers around since the 1930s, but since the 1960s also ergonomics play a greater role. Older binocular...
I am myopic with -4 and -4.5 plus astigmatism. This means taking off my prescription glasses, I immediately get a corresponding loupe effect and...
Thanks, Dushan. Learned something again, as I have to work from time to time on long, slender parts, that will come handy.
Dushan, I have never come across this kind of runners, only the second type you pictured. Learned something ! I have a set of such small centres,...
According to Carlè's book the runners with a bore, a cone and a cross-bore or slot are 'pivot-guards'. I didn't check, but I think this is how...
On the US American recently a specimen of the advanced model went up for auction, but the price went a bit through the roof ... CWZ pivot cutter
I have been using Sherline-chucks now for some 20 years on my LS&Co. WW lathe without any trouble, mainly for coarser work. As with any stock...
I had seen this offer on various occasions as well, but when I looked for it following the discussion here, I couldn't find it anymore ... I...
A geometric problem with QCTPs on watchmakers lathes is the low centre-height above the cross-slide, which on D-bed lathes only is around 7 mm and...
Twenty something years ago I constructed a set myself, based on the illustration in a Leinen catalogue of 1996: Attachments [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
DeweyC, it’s actually 2/10 mm, not 2/100 mm ... I do own a number-matched Lorch, Schmidt & Co. WW-pattern lathe, though the collets for it are a...
Actually, I only have come across one x.x5 mm-sized collet so far and this seems to be close to an imperial size, namely size 15.5 which would be...
Did you get the sizes right ? The standard range for 8 mm collets is size 2 (0.2 mm) to size 60 (6 mm), some makes also go up to 80 (8 mm), but...
Phil, I took a picture of the respective stakes in my Boley-set: [ATTACH] Not sure, whether these are really meant for the purpose.
