Chinese milling machine

jeff_g1137 said:
Hi Nick
I've been tooling-up. Yes but i think it is guns, not tools for your mill. lol
Last of the summer wine!, do you get it down under, still on TV in the UK, i bet the US has no idea of Last of the summer wine.
I think it as been on for more than 35 years, i still watch it. LOL
Lots of photos when it comes, i was thinking of doing the same, i will see how you get on first, good luck.
jeff
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Hi Jeff
I have not seen 'last of the summer wines' for a few years...... They don't have it in Ozzzy land, it was a good series when I lived in the UK but they have flogged it to death now....... When all the actors are dead, and the new actors are dead,,,,, well you get my drift.....
I have picked up some great measuring tools off eBay, all Chinese, (sorry Moore and Wright)
Digital angle indicators, internal micrometers, dial gauges......... Cheep, cheep, cheep, in the words of my budgie .....
(No budgie threads,,,,, that was a lie, I don't have a budgie)
Cheers Nick
 
Hi Nick
Not a lot wrong with Chinese stuff if you buy well, just got a lot of BXA tool holders, 10 off, Hass made in China, very good for the price.
I did get an Aloris tool post s/h from the USA, for them.
All of my micrometers are Moore & Wright or Mitutoyo, but i have had them for years, 0-6" & 0-100mm,
if you look on eBay you can find Mitutoyo at a good price.
Most of my digital calipers 8" are Chinese, one Facom Vernier Caliper s/s 8"& one Mitutoyo Vernier Caliper s/s 12".
I am on eBay every night looking for tools at the right price, lol, when i find a deal, i have 3-4 mates, & i will get enough for all.
 
Hi Jeff
Sounds like you know your tools,
I did buy a packet of 4 set square from Aldis, at the right price.
The following day a used to 400mm one to mark off a line on some plywood.....
You guessed it! The set square was calibrated to 89 degrees.
The small one was so slack I could change the angle by a few degrees.......

The silver lining is,, everything I build that is a little squewiff,,,,,, I can blame on my squares being out of whack

I have some decent micrometers, but a lots of pretty good Chinese tools..... I like the verity of tools so l can tackle many different jobs. Also it is nearly impossible to source any of the specialist tools locally.
eBay can be a good source, but their some rubbish out there.....flogged out old micrometer sitting at the bottom of a rusty tool box for the last 20-years!

I always laugh when I see an old lathe that has been sitting in a field for the last 30-year, the owner puts a 2k price tag on it....... I didn't know rust was so valuable !!
 
Hi Nick
To some rust is like gold, i cannot stand the stuff my self.
I have a Chinese lathe, you can see from the photo, 1440 nice machine, had a Denford viceroy 5" made in the UK, but was to much of a project, so i got the 1440,
i am putting a VFD on it at the mo, lol, still a small project.
 
Ahhhhhh,
Best laid plans,,,,, turned to custard
The Chinese company told me they could not construct the milling machine as they had been temporary shut down by the Chinese government due to pollution
After waiting 6-months I told the company to stuff-it and cancelled the order,,,,
Alibaba returned my money
I did think I would never see the mill or my money again
So Alibaba
Now I am in the market to buy a milling machine

What to buy?
Sadly I don't have 3-phase
So I am limited to a hobby machine,

Cheers Nick
 
MILL/MACH GLOBAL ZX7550CW 1PH

Maybe !
They sell them down the road!

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MILL/MACH GLOBAL ZX7550CW 1PH

Maybe !
They sell them down the road!
No DRO,
But I could add on later
Nick
 
jeff_g1137 said:
Hi Nick
Not a lot wrong with Chinese stuff if you buy well, just got a lot of BXA tool holders, 10 off, Hass made in China, very good for the price.
I did get an Aloris tool post s/h from the USA, for them.
All of my micrometers are Moore & Wright or Mitutoyo, but i have had them for years, 0-6" & 0-100mm,
if you look on eBay you can find Mitutoyo at a good price.
Most of my digital calipers 8" are Chinese, one Facom Vernier Caliper s/s 8"& one Mitutoyo Vernier Caliper s/s 12".
I am on eBay every night looking for tools at the right price, lol, when i find a deal, i have 3-4 mates, & i will get enough for all.
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Be very careful buying Mitutoyo on ebay, many, many counterfit Mit items out there, the fakes can be suprisingly close in appearance. Know your vendor on Mitutoyo. If a seller isn't an authorized dealer and item is new that is a huge red flag in my opinion. Best to ask questions. A Mitutoyo fake is likely worse than no name Chinese stuff that you can get from known sources. There are websites and I think you tube videos that go over the fakes and how to spot them. If you are looking to save money on quality tools, look into used Swiss made tools that are metric.
 
I finally splashed the cash and bought one from a major tool supplier locally
So much for saving a few dollars and going to the manufactures, in China
The machine is great
I'm still buying tools and getting up to speed with a DRO
 
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