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[oxford]

I agree....

[oxford]

I’m probably younger than a lot on here and my 6” d688 is all I want to lift. The 8” vise on the mill at work I don’t really like lifting even...

[oxford]

^^^^^^^ Thanks, I can definitely see those points as a negative, especially the cap screws in the manual machining world.

[oxford]

I’d be interested in hearing what you don’t like about the dx6 over the d688?...

[oxford]

The TECO looks like a copy of the older Kurt d688. I haven’t looked at vises for a while, it appears the d688 is discontinued and the dx6 is the replacement....

[oxford]

FWIW, my order was for a chunk of brass. After a call in to see what was going on with the order, the lady I talked to made it seem like it was a personnel...

[oxford]

I placed an order with them in February. I can’t remember exactly how long but it took at least a month....

[oxford]

OP, I didn’t see it mentioned but what size center drills are you having problems with?

Ive broken center drills but mostly it is from...

[oxford]

I don’t really know if it makes a difference or not but a lot of times when I get to the depth I want, I will give it some feed pressure and then lock...

[oxford]

I don’t have any reason but the Tarnow lathe at work reads radius, I’ve got myself about trained but it does seem like an unnecessary thing to have...

[oxford]

We had an old Clark forklift around, for the life of me I couldn’t find where the oil fill was. I ended up putting 3 qts of oil in through the dip...

[oxford]

If you are going to pretty much end up welding the whole thing up anyways by the time your done, why not just make the whole thing out of flats and weld...

[oxford]

I think you guys are really looking at this the wrong way.

This lathe is for doing short work pieces, once the bed wears out at that spot...

[oxford]

We in-house grind the rubber rolls at the place I work. And yes recover on some of the rolls are not cheap but we are talking around 86” face and around...

[oxford]

I agree with this, the m18 drill chucks at work suck....

[oxford]

I said this years ago. There really needs to be an off topic section.

Maybe a few sections,

Machining

Welding...

[oxford]

I understand the why but having a classifieds section would have really helped this place out over the years.

[oxford]

Paul, I see the correct pics and yes there is no lathe present.

Its hard to photograph, you can barely tell from the side views of what...

[oxford]

There are a couple areas where the new inverters really shine over the old transformers.

Size, weight, and power consumption. All 3 are...

[oxford]

Wouldn’t this be the same as turning between offset centers?...