G'day Chris.
Have a look at the machines close-up if you can. A guy named Alan
from the UK sent me a picture of his lathe, I think it was a Chester,
and it had some significant improvements over the "standard" Sieg.
The tail stock, which is a weak point with Sieg, appeared much better
and I think the bed had a separate prism for it to run on. After
corresponding with Alan off group I looked up the suppliers in the
UK; there are definitely better variants of the 7x12 around.
In the last day I have been airing my differences with John
(born4something) regarding refinements my lathe has over his which is
a more "standard" Sieg. You may find the points of interest.
If all you want to do is face those Aluminium bars then the cheapest
7x12 will do the job but IMHO you would be better off payig a bit
more for a more refined version. Some distrubutors/retail chains set
certain quality and finish standards for the manufacturer rather than
just buy a container load of lathes. Even the dearest 7x12 variant is
still incredible value. The again if I had more money and space I
would have a 10x24 or similar.
Have fun, enjoy the drooling phase.
One good turn deserves another.
Regards,
Ian
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<katiechris4evr@...> wrote:
Thanks Andy and Ian it sounds like the 7x12 will do the jobs i have
in mind for it so i will be putting an order in soon for iether a
sieg c3 or a chester conquest i think they are the same machine...
Chris
