From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Snag"  wrote in message news:vd3jbr$663d$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   On 9/26/2024 6:25 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   ...   
      Sounds like you've already got tools to do what the watchmakers lathe   
   will do ...   
      
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   Maybe, I don't know if one will do something I need better than what I have;   
   the plain bearing, leather belt drive 10" doesn't spin very fast and the AA   
   has a bent and imperfectly straightened spindle, their common ailment. A   
   comparison of watch and mini lathes said the watch lathe's main advantage   
   was being finger safe for close-up work, but so are 5C collets. The Multifix   
   tool post lets hand-ground HSS bits in Armstrong holders enter a tight   
   recess at a variable angle about as well as a lantern post so I don't think   
   a graver would have any advantage there.   
      
   I just dug out my spare 5C collets to inventory them and found a pot collet   
   bored 2", exactly what I need to complete the steel bandsaw blade guide   
   rollers for the sawmill. Aluminum rollers are showing wear.   
      
   The Sherline was suggested as an alternative to a watch lathe. I had one in   
   my lab at Mitre and wasn't impressed with its feel or capacity, even for   
   small electronics work. To me the Prazi clone was a reasonable minimum for   
   what I was doing. Despite its 1920's design the ergonomics of my South Bend   
   has spoiled me for other machines I've tried, like a Smithy Granite.   
      
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