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tmuir
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I use that profile tool too and it does give good results.
RDG has also their own website for online ordering.
Go check that out as you may find the part is cheaper than buying off ebay.
Last year when I was in the UK I actually hired a car and drove down to their shop and bought a lot of stuff from them.
Their prices are far better than I can get in OZ.
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alan2525
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Location: Essex, UK
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| tmuir wrote: | I use that profile tool too and it does give good results.
RDG has also their own website for online ordering.
Go check that out as you may find the part is cheaper than buying off ebay.
Last year when I was in the UK I actually hired a car and drove down to their shop and bought a lot of stuff from them.
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Yep - thanks to the pound being worthless now! Everything is really cheap to buy here - unless you actually live here! London is one of the top ten value places to visit apparently. It used to be one of the most expensive. If we still exported anything in this country we'd probably be laughing now!
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mogogear
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I like the eyes in your avatar there Alan...new perhaps?
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GUTMACH
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Mog, you mentioned a 618, I am assuming you are referring to a Atlas-Craftsman 618, if so, you should have a look at www.littlemachineshop.com for some of the upgrades for the little lathe. The lathe spindle nose is a 1-8 correct ? The shop carries backing plates for that.
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mogogear
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| GUTMACH wrote: | Mog, you mentioned a 618, I am assuming you are referring to a Atlas-Craftsman 618, if so, you should have a look at www.littlemachineshop.com for some of the upgrades for the little lathe. The lathe spindle nose is a 1-8 correct ? The shop carries backing plates for that.
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Yep- I have littlemachineshop in my bookmarks - Thanks..That is where i discoverd the A2Z QC tool post - that is who makes theirs. I think my spindle treads are 1-10-- it has been a while since I checked it out. Ned to check the pitch again. I do have a backing plate and some drive dogs...just haven't gotten to a project that uses them yet.
Month by month I get braver and spend more time using it...I will probably never cut threads with it but I am getting acclimated to other day to day use. I joined the 618 yahoo group to learn some of the ins and outs. really recommend the recommended link belt I installed when I first set it up. Smooth and quiet and no head stock to disassemble to change the belt!!
About the only standard options it didn't come with was a taper attachment and a Draw bar, spindle nose piece and collet's. Timken bearings not babbit.
I have just used the milling attachment for the first few times last week. Little by little. I just need to keep reading more manuals--I have several- it is just digesting them and keeping the information fresh
Thanks again
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