--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "Ian Foster" <fosterscons@...>
wrote:
I bought my lathe from Taig Machinery P/L in Canberra. A complete
package including steadies, 4 jaw chuck, TS chuck etc was available
for AUD920. Freight to Adelaide was AUD75.
Roger of Taig Machinery commented that he was having difficulty
getting the same quality machines for subsequent orders, other than
that he didn't offer much more information.
I really must look him up, but he's in a part of town I almost never
visit so it takes some organising.
Whilst my machine looks like a Real Bull, who knows?
Colour seems important to some, mine is a businesslike mid green,
very pleasant to look at!
BTW Ozmestore are noW selling minilathe packages for AUD598 which
includes face plate and 4 jaw chuck but no steadies or TS chuck. I
have bought a few things from them and they are OK but don't like you
walking in and looking at things. Had I waited until now I could have
bought my lathe from them and saved about AUD300. But would I have
had the quality?
I've been watching that listing - by my calculations ozmestore has
been shifting about 1 a week for at least the last 9 months. The
price was AUD655 up until only a couple of weeks ago. Even without
the steadies and TS chuck, its very tempting....
Cheers,
Andrew.
