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2:13 AM
November 26, 2010
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Hi y'all, my name is Tony form Australia, Canberra to be specific.
This is a really cool site and one that is bookmarked to the toolbar.
I am no expert machinist, some might say expert "anything".
I am Customs Officer and specialise in … well that doesn't matter really.
I am a long term knife collector, sometimes knife maker, maker of damascus, bow hunter and love all aspects of engineering.
After covetting a lathe for the shop for years, I was about to buy a 9x20 when a bargain found me in the form of an unused 12 month old and fully tooled up CQ6230A. Same as a Chester Crusade ( I know there a lot of minor variants from china), for less than the cost of a 9x20, and only a few blocks from home.
I have a question. I know there are a lot of sites for the 9x20, and guides on "tunning the 9x20". Is there anything out there to guide the tunning, tricking of these quite common larger lathe's.
Take care, Hi and thanks for any guidance, i have already learned a lot on this site, Practical Machinist and the many other helpful locations.
Cheers, Tony
9:00 AM
February 8, 2010
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Buy a copy of "The Amateur's Lathe" by Sparey. It is one of the best guides ever published.
The instructions are generic, but all are relevant to your new machine and it will answer most of your questions.
2:29 PM
January 9, 2009
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Hi Roulston, welcome!
I have to second John's recommendation. Sparey's book is very good for the beginner, and it's not that expensive.
I've got over a dozen books geared toward the beginner and I purchased the Amateur's Lathe after John mentioned it in another post a few months back. Despite having already read through similar books geared toward the beginner I learned a lot from Sparey's book.
Here's a link to the book on Amazon.
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6:30 PM
September 20, 2010
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Howdy Roulston! Happy to have you! The site seems to be just getting off the ground but the folks here are great and are happy to help.
And again, Welcome!
11:04 PM
June 8, 2011
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Hi Tony
I'm from Bendigo Vic great to see another Aussie
11:21 PM
April 27, 2011
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I second that!! I am from the Barossa Valley. I am surprised how many of us are on this site. A great site at that!!!
Mtw fdu.
4:06 AM
February 8, 2010
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First. I'm happy about what your PM told the Mohammedens when they demanded that Australia modify its laws to accommodate their "religion."
Second, I wonder if your government confiscating all of your guns had the slightest effect on the crime rate there, since that was the pretext to conform to UN desires of universal civilian disarmament.
Way off topic, but I'm a curious gunsmith and I'm worried because the UN is trying to influence Obama to confiscate all of our guns and the army has practiced a lot of "urban warfare" where they go door to door to disarm everybody.
4:22 AM
February 10, 2011
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That's probably worthy of a discussion elsewhere John, but for your interest when the UK banned all hand guns in reaction to a single incident all it did was take them away from the responsible, whilst the irresponsible stood and watched. There is no point in using measures to remove identified weapons when the unidentified are simply not effected.
Anyway, Let's take this elsewhere. Back on topic I'm interested in knowing why Tony is looking for mods for this lathe right now. I think my inclination would be to exhaust the basics of use and identify where the machine might be improved as I went along. This way mods can be prioritised according to benefits and complexity, and you'll have the experience to be able to make them.
I guess it would be good to know where your experience level lies Tony, 'Expert' is a often a comparative thing and as such you may well have some mileage already.
Is your new machine installed and operational now?
1:19 PM
February 8, 2010
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Jerry,
We, in the US, are facing an immediate crisis. Our second amendment freedom is based on English common law, and the frightening part is that English citizens long ago allowed their government to steal back the freedoms they had won in the Magna Charta.
People in the UK can look to their blunted kitchen knives and convince themselves they are "free", but I'm asking US citizens to look toward the ballot in 2012. And so, we mount whatever soap box we find to spread a warning.
I've said it, I'm out of here, this time for good, and I wish everyone a better New Year than we've had for several years.
2:56 PM
January 9, 2009
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Hi John, while I can appreciate your concern(s), Jerry is correct. It's best to keep off-topic discussions to a minimum. It helps keep the forum focussed on it's primary agenda – metalworking. That doesn't mean that your opinions aren't valued or important, they are. But there are lots of other places on the web to voice them. It's just too easy for someone to take offense or get emotional when you talk politics, religion, or other issues facing this nation or any other. I am not trying to sensor you or anyone else, I'm just asking that everyone try keep discussions here on topic.
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