Are we really on our own when it comes to deciphering manuals written in english by one of our overseas brothers? I've got a new Birmingham
1440 and the manual is little more than a comic book.- posted
18 years ago
Are we really on our own when it comes to deciphering manuals written in english by one of our overseas brothers? I've got a new Birmingham
1440 and the manual is little more than a comic book.
My suggestion would be to look over the offerings at other importers for machines that look similar, then read their manuals.
I know these two both list manuals for most of their products:
They've also gotten very good about using something much closer to real English. Since these are for the American market, you may have to adjust rpm's for the difference between 50 and
60hz motors.HTH --Glenn Lyford
The manual for my lathe was so bad it was funny. Took me quite a while to figure out the "jockey" they kept referring to was the lathe operator. I had mental images of slapping a saddle over the toolpost and flogging it to the winning post at Flemington. The local agents that I bought it from had added a "safety " section in an "cover my arse " exercise, but the rest of it was pretty much incomprehensible. I emailed them and offered to translate it into proper English for them ,but I guess they couldn't understand my language as I never received a reply.
Tom
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