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Brian At least you are using ZOOM and staying in touch. Many of our friends are afraid of technology, and even more afraid to try. Yet they have a Smartphone, go figure. I would suggest if the roads are good then take the easiest opportunity to have the vaccine. I am told we will not grow two...

Lets begin by saying I have exceeded the manufacturers warranty by a few years. My interests have been Amateur Radio, Having worked in the Industry for the majority of my life the hobby got old. I have always been interested in things mechanical, so in 2012 I took the leap and bought from the...

I followed the entire article, which I copied and pasted into a document which I can now read c/w pictures. Great stuff. Be very careful the Roberta Long Term Care Facility near you has had the worst out break of COVID-19 in Canada. It is highly suspect that it also one of the Mutant Variants of...

Well my objective was accomplished. Hello Brian. When you finished up in Nov of 2020 I felt like you had just got over the hard part with the lathe and now we want to hear about your continued experience. All of us who frequent BBT love to drool all over these lathes. So stop keeping us all in...

I fully understand the country aspect as I have friends who are forced to do the same as you. However just because I live in the Big City, does not mean better service, with all the different couriers and the churn in their contractors just getting it to the right door can be a problem. I had...

Richard: A Little more information from where I acquired some of my Quick Change Holders http://www.phase2plus.com/details.asp?pr=QUICK_CHANGE_TOOL_SETS&id=52 I was wrong on the number designation. The same number can be used on either the Wedge or the Piston style QCTP.

Richard Hed: OK on the QCTP I believe the difference between the 250-100 which is the sliding wedge style and the 251-100 is the Piston Style. The attachments re propertied to be identical. I have the 250-100 and several attachments which I obtained from the Little Machine Shop. The 250-100 QCTP...

Whe I purchased my Lathe 3536 from the Little machine shop I also got the QCTP 250 (0XA) later I obtained the AXA and the adaptor Nut and the Modified central screw post. Oddly enough both work fin on my lathe. We are getting off topic as this thread was supposed to be about Brian's report on...

Richard, you are so right about the condition of many so called factories in India, They farm out many functions to what we call the Mom & Pop stores. It is not that they cannot do good work but the QA is not the same as what we have come to know in western society and The Orient has adopted...

When you talk with DRO PRO you will also find out there source in India, and that is another topic of discussion. Much of the mechanical expertise is very British is origin. This does not limit their design and they are fierce competitors of the Chinese. So if you have patience the India market...

I vote with Linz, AliExpress and Banggood both provide excellent value especially shipped direct from China to Canada. I will also say I do not get the usual Excessive Brokerage fees charged by USPS, FedEX or UPS. or the latest US cannot be shipped to Canada. It used to convenient to order from...

When I spoke with the folks at DRO PRO I was told you could easily change the decimal point. this eliminating the over scale resolution flashing numbers. This is a setting within the display totally separate from the scale accuracy. The folks at DRO PRO are extremely easy to work with and are...