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I think this is just badge engineering. Different colours same machine. The question is whether PM has upgraded boards and it would appear not. Blondihacks had her mill blow up and quit and had to go through the exact same process that Brian Rupnow on this forum just went through with his CX...

With all these electronic problems it would seem that the Busy Bee CX 707 12X36 lathe starts to look better. It is straight manual gear boxes. All those gears are heavy, the lathe weighs over 1200 lbs as opposed to the CX 706 at 500. Has anyone on this forum had experience with this lathe?

I suspect BB is suffering from Covid induced suppy chain shortages. Electronics producers scaled back production over the worst of the pandemic and these shortages are working their way through the system. I dealt with one manufacturer that took my order, communicated with me about lack of...

I bought a pair of the slip on ice claws that posties use for our trips to the city. The ice in town is deadly. Not so bad here at the farm but we are supposed to be getting a big pile of wet snow and rain tonight. Sounds like a good shop day tomorrow.

As someone who bought the wrong lathe and really bought the wrong mill when I started out, I am in the position to tell you to phone Busy Bee and order the CX 701 lathe and CX 601 mill. I wish I could do so but just have to live with the choices I made before I knew anything. Get the power...

That is so amazing. Sounds like late development railroad steam engine design. Nineteenth century innovation running steam turbines to this day.

The lathe is 1 hp. From what I understand from those who have done this conversion you may want to do a belt change even with a 3 phase motor. Having speed control from, say 300- 1000 spindle rpm and making the odd belt change for a higher speed set up is a galaxy of difference from having to...

My question on that would be how much torque is lost and at what speeds? I would guess that torque decreases with speed and running very slowly would be very low torque. The only operation done at low speeds is thread cutting which is a fairly light cutting load. I am interested in spindle...

I spent large coin buying a three phase motor and VFD motor controller to convert my 10X22 lathe into something that will change speed without the half hour of frustration unbolting idlers and swapping belts ( King Lathe, really a terrible belt setup). All the information I can find, and all...

When I took machining classes oh so long ago the instructor told us to use stressproof whenever possible but lamented that it was getting hard to find. It seems to have all but disappeared these days. I would love to find some but all the suppliers I know don’t list it. It is even getting hard...

Wow, looks like one shaft runs inside the other and both pieces are moving. Very complex. I would love a diagram or description of how these valves work.

What a great model. You have quite the imagination. I am curious about how the steam chests work. The eccentrics seem to drive a rotating shaft. What is going on inside the steam chest?

And so it goes, with everyone getting edgy and biting at empty details. We are all getting tired of this pandemic. Winter in the north of the planet drags on. The cold and dark wear me down, on top of the quarantine. But we almost have January beat, the days are getting longer, and seed catalogs...

My King 10x20 lathe has an MT3 taper in the tailstock. The drill chuck arbor that came with the lathe has a tang but the tailstock tube had no matching bar inside to catch the tang. The tailstock is fussy about where it ejects the arbor when you are close to the end of the travel so I was...

My last tool order, a tailstock die holder set, came from India. Quality was comparable to Chinese tools and delivery was fairly quick. I took out a Prime membership with Amazon so delivery was free. I thought I would test the limits of the free delivery and ordered a small surface plate that...

I have your plans and very much appreciate you giving them to me. I think it is great that this design is out in the community. If a bit more development is needed someone will do it and the design will mature. That is how our hobby works. I for one want to thank you for making the plans...

Rats. I tried to order the 17/32-40 tap from EX model engines but they are out of stock. I sent them a message asking if they were getting more in. Did anyone actually get an order in? I know other Cox suppliers still list the tap but have no stock and don't intend to get any more.

Excellent. That is the best price I have seen. I’ll get an order in too.

The Cox cylinder thread is 17/32-40. It is very hard to find. No supplier that I know of has any on hand. The only solution seems to be to have one made. Commercial suppliers will do it but very expensive for just one. It would help to get some model engineers together who want one and make up a...

While the Roman aristocrats quaffed their boiled ostrich and lark tongues from golden plates the food was prepared back in the kitchen in high lead pots. Lead water pipes were used widely and stone aqueducts were lined with lead. The real corker was wine sweetened with lead acetate (sugar of...