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"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On or around Tue, 11 Oct 2005 01:07:42 +0100, "Rotty"
<[email protected]>
> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >
> >"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >>
> >> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7551414217
> >>
> >>
> >> should collect it thursday, all being well.
> >
> >Hi Austin,
> > Have you found out why he listed it with hydaulic copying also
catch
> >plate,
>
> I imagine it was listed like that and then later the bits were
removed.
>
> >see if he has a four jaw chuck to go with it as they fetch a fair
bit
> >seeing they have a LO fitting on the rear of the chuck so you cant
fit any
> >old chuck. Before I forget make sure you get the spanner for
undoing the
> >chuck.
>
> >its a pity its not up and running so you can check the gear change
as
> >the gears on Students are known for being noisy.
>
> Apparently the Mk 1 was noisy when new. Something to do with the
type of
> headstock gears - Mk2s are more expensive when they show up and have
better
> and quieter gears.
>
> >Happy turning.
>
> Happier than with the current machine, I hope
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
> Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young / In a
world
> of magnets and miracles / Our thoughts strayed constantly and
without
> boundary / The ringing of the Division bell had begun. Pink Floyd
(1994)


Austin,

When moving that Student beware, they are very top heavy - how do I
know - yes I lost one moving it on a pallet truck in my workshop and
over it went - ended up resting against the door having loosened the
brickwork round the frame !

I still have a proper turret slide for one tucked away somwhere if you
want to go into small scale production !

AWEM
(who has had three Colchester Students and a Colchester Master over
the years)

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:34:18 +0100, Tom Woods wrote:

> they could leave the 'distance in miles' on there.

Maybe they are trying to avoid the dumbing down that is so prevalent
today and improve peoples geography of the UK? oink flap oink flap...

--
Cheers [email protected]
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:26:20 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>'ere, what happened to Posh Ted, anyway?

http://www.poshted.co.uk

NEIL???


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

On or around Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:52:46 +0000 (UTC), "Andrew Mawson"
<andrew@no_spam_please_mawson.org.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>Austin,
>
>When moving that Student beware, they are very top heavy - how do I
>know - yes I lost one moving it on a pallet truck in my workshop and
>over it went - ended up resting against the door having loosened the
>brickwork round the frame !

Apparently the official technique is a big eye bolt that screws into the
middle of the bed. If we're really lucky, then one might be borrowable, if
not, I can rig up something with lifting chains and suitable padding if
necessary to protect things.

>I still have a proper turret slide for one tucked away somwhere if you
>want to go into small scale production !

probably never be relevant to what I do - mostly only want about 3 or 4 of
the same thing at once.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent.
I shall attack. - Marshal Foch (1851 - 1929)