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Posted by John Stevenson on January 24, 2008, 3:38 pm
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On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:36:33 -0800 (PST), jontom_1uk@hotmail.com
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>I must agree with Charles as I have always seen the Bantam as a bit of
>an "inbetween" lathe, between the Chipmaster (superb if in good
>condition and unfortunately rare these days) and the Student which I
>have a soft spot for.
Chat Moss ???
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Posted by Charles Ping on January 24, 2008, 4:35 pm
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John Stevenson wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:36:33 -0800 (PST), jontom_1uk@hotmail.com
> wrote:
> >I must agree with Charles as I have always seen the Bantam as a bit of
> >an "inbetween" lathe, between the Chipmaster (superb if in good
> >condition and unfortunately rare these days) and the Student which I
> >have a soft spot for.
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>
> Chat Moss ???
That's Mark's special soft spot for Colchesters surely? (along with
Bridgys)
Charles
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Posted by on January 24, 2008, 5:00 pm
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> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:36:33 -0800 (PST), jontom_...@hotmail.com
> wrote:
>
> >I must agree with Charles as I have always seen the Bantam as a bit of
> >an "inbetween" lathe, between the Chipmaster (superb if in good
> >condition and unfortunately rare these days) and the Student which I
> >have a soft spot for.
>
> Chat Moss ???
Ha, ha, very good John, as someone who rarely ventures north of
Bristol it took me a little while to work out what Chat Moss was. Be
fair though I didn't claim the Student was brilliant just that I had
used them a lot and have become used to their many foibles. I suppose
the telling point is that I haven't actually spent my own money on
one. It's a bit like the old sweater I tend to wear when in the
workshop, it's full of holes and has needed to be rescued from the bin
a couple of times when my wife got fed up washing "that collection of
holes", it's just so bl***dy comfortable though.
I know that you professionals rate Colchesters somewhat lower than we
amateurs but I do think that a good one is a very reasonable "hobby"
machine. While a bit irrelevant if Peter knows of a good Bantam that
will be available and we all know good machines take a bit of finding
and should be grabbed with both hands, most of my searching at that
size was for a good Harrison M250 or M300. I found several very good
ones but they were all very short on equipment and the cost of bits
and pieces is frightening unless you are lucky on E-bay and I've never
been lucky so didn't risk waiting.
Anyway must return to the original topic and I do believe that a well
restored Myford (like Peters) would make a superb starting point for
many so don't delay contact him today.
Regards
Keith
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Posted by Tony Jeffree on January 24, 2008, 5:08 pm
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>Anyway must return to the original topic and I do believe that a well
>restored Myford (like Peters) would make a superb starting point for
>many so don't delay contact him today.
>
>Regards
>
>Keith
That must be worth 10% of the selling price eh Keith? <G>
Regards,
Tony
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Posted by on January 24, 2008, 5:51 pm
Please log in for more thread options > On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:00:20 -0800 (PST), jontom_...@hotmail.com
> wrote:
>
> >Anyway must return to the original topic and I do believe that a well
> >restored Myford (like Peters) would make a superb starting point for
> >many so don't delay contact him today.
>
> >Regards
>
> >Keith
>
> That must be worth 10% of the selling price eh Keith? <G>
>
> Regards,
> Tony
I can see you're a successful businessman Tony, only 10%? How's a guy
going to live on that? <VBG>
Regards
Keith
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>an "inbetween" lathe, between the Chipmaster (superb if in good
>condition and unfortunately rare these days) and the Student which I
>have a soft spot for.