[TheForge] A real Deal at HF- And other "stuff"

[Ron Childers]

Terry,

Re: Enco- I don't think they are very heavy duty- Ryan Johnson and I burned
one up at the last Madison conference. 

Has anyone used a Grizzly 2"x72" belt grinder enough to know if they will
stand up to heavy use? I used one at the Pioneer Settlement and it works
just fine, but at 10 min per month it should last forever.....

 Btw, the old South bends are still around; a friend of mine bought a new
Harbor Freight drill press and band saws and gave me his old ones. He is now
looking at HF lathes; he'll sell me his old SB for $100. I told him I
wouldn't trade even up for the HF, but he insists HF stuff is great. Either
I take it or he'll dump it. He likes "new and pretty"- but most of us
old-timers know the fallacy in that thinking. 

Ron C 

-----Original Message-----
From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of schade at acegroup.cc
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 2:34 PM
To: Sponsored by ABANA; terry l. ridder


On Nov 7, 2006, at 8:25 AM, terry l. ridder wrote:

> i will join you in being a heretic. for the past two months i have been
> looking at the midi-metal lathes offered by harbor freight, grizzly,
> enco, and others. after reading many e-mail list archives and talking
> with several people i decided that i will continue to look for a used
> south bend 9inch or 10 inch. while still looking for the south bend i
> will continue to build a modified version of the gingery metal lathe.
>
>


there is an interesting thread (again) on buying Chinese machines  
here...

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi/topic/ 
15/623.html?

Bring your lunch it goes on forever.

Bob

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