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Posted by mark on April 22, 2008, 5:53 am
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> > > Just collected a Centec 2A with the good vertical head and I am
> > > strongly inclined to plug it in, but it has been in store for ages (I
> > > am still trying to remove some of the gloop using petrol - must have
> > > had Shellac in it). Obviously I will go over it for electrical safety
> > > (single phase), but I wonder if anyone has commissioning advice ?
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> > > Also I don't have an arbor for the horizontal milling arm - though it
> > > came with a stub arbor, the sort you would use on a lathe. Is there a
> > > source for 2MT full arbors, or should I just use the stub arbor (saves=
> > > mounting the overarm anyway).
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> > > Any Centec owners that can offer advice would be appreciated.
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> > > Thanks
> > > Steve
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> > my friend has a centec 2
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> > not easy to get parts for them
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> > john ward makes the riser blocks for them
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> > contact here
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> >http://www.latheparts.co.uk/
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> > there is a yahoo group for them .....the manual is on there
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> > the mt2 arbors are on ebay all the time
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> > they take mt2 collets ...with 3/8 whit thread ...
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> > these are on ebay as well ...best deal done by chester ...no postage
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> > mates converted his with a screw type bottle jack .......as the lever
> > at the back of the machine is a pain to use ....
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> > other than that they fetch a premium price when sold on ebay ......
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> > thats what i told my friend to do .resell the thing ..and with the
> > money buy a better x2 or x3 with some of the money raised...rather
> > than buy the raiser .
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> > best models are the ones with raiser and quil travel ...and upwards of
> > that .
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> > all the best..markj
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> Hi Mark, thanks for the info
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> I did think about an X2, but then everything else I have is old
> British gear, and I read the lengthy list of reasons why they have to
> be stripped and re-assembled from new to sort them out (see Arc Euro
> trade site). So in the end I opted to keep my classic workshop theme
> going, I can always upgrade at a later date.
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> Useful to know who makes the raising blocks. Not sure whether I will
> need them yet. Quill head looks fine, table seems fine, but as you say
> the micrometer round the back for raising the knee seems hardly ideal.
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> As for the long arbor, first place I looked was eBay and there were
> none there I could see - lots with Int tapers though.
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> This one came with a collet holder and collets, and it will also take
> my ER25 collets and holder, so there should be no problems there.
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dont think the 2a came with a quill
so you got a better machine ...
there is very little room under the head ...so your ER chuck will
take some of that up
mt2 arbor ...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-Mt-LONG-MILLING-ARBOR-Myford-Boxford-Warco-Naerok_W0=
QQitemZ190064902497QQihZ009QQcategoryZ41369QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZView=
ItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247
All the best.markj
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> strongly inclined to plug it in, but it has been in store for ages (I
> am still trying to remove some of the gloop using petrol - must have
> had Shellac in it). Obviously I will go over it for electrical safety
> (single phase), but I wonder if anyone has commissioning advice ?
>
> Also I don't have an arbor for the horizontal milling arm - though it
> came with a stub arbor, the sort you would use on a lathe. Is there a
> source for 2MT full arbors, or should I just use the stub arbor (saves
> mounting the overarm anyway).
>
> Any Centec owners that can offer advice would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Steve