Further, you'll find the Taig is both more and less versatile, and a LOT
smaller, even though its motor is a LOT more powerful.
Mert
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From: 7x12minilathe@...
[mailto:7x12minilathe@...]On Behalf Of R Thompson
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 9:26 AM
To: 7x12minilathe@...
Subject: Re: [7x12minilathe] Re: Hello from Yellowknife
Thanks for those titles too Andy. Last night I put an order in to
Lindsay Books. Arceurotrade is next on the things to do list.
I visited the Busybeetools website and was looking over their Craftex
CX04 lathe, which apparently is a re-branded Homier 7X12 lathe. They
have it on sale at the moment for $699 (reg. $899) and I was wondering
if I should impulse buy that while it is on sale and stash it away until
I have room for it.
My preference is to buy North American or European made products, so
I've been looking at the Taig machines too.
Well I won't be buying anything much if I don't get out the door and get
to work.
Ron
On Tue, 2012-11-13 at 10:27 +0000, andyf1108 wrote:
Hi Ron,
As I think I mentioned in one of my emails, Arc Euro Trade stocks the
whole Workshop Practice series, at about half the price of Amazon in
the US. Arc Euro's shipping charges are reasonable, so I doubt if
shipping across the Atlantic would tip the scales in favour of
Amazon.
Some of the books in the series are more useful than others; I got one
on motors in the workshop, but I think it was written some time ago.
Three other free sources of information:
User's manual written in English rather than Chinglish:
< >
A guide to preparing the lathe once you get it:
<
20Dismantling%20and%20Reassembly%20Guide.pdf >
A book for Boxford (cloned South Bend) users, which contains a good
deal of general advice on lathe operations, tools etc not specific to
Boxfords:
< >
Andy
