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Chinese watchmakers lathes ?

Has anyone here ever used or played with one of the Chinese "Watchmakers Lathe Precision Tool" lathes available on ebay, eg item 280467508386 ?

I see they are available with a full range of accessories like vertical slides, indexing plates etc etc which you can basically whistle for if you buy quality European watchmakers lathes on ebay (yes, I know they come up *occasionally*, but how often do you see a complete set ?).

Anyway, I am more interested in replies from people who've actually used one than I am in generic comments like "Chinese rubbish" and "you get what you pay for".

Thanks,

Boo

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Boo
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I have not used or seen one, but if you buy be aware that the collets, though 8 mm across the shank, invariably have 7 mm threads and hence are not interchangeable with standard British and American collets and accessories.

Cliff Coggin.

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Cliff Coggin

Thanks Cliff, that's useful to know.

Boo2

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Boo

Have you seen the Draper 22824?

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I don't know whether it's any good.

-- Peter Fairbrother

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Peter Fairbrother

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Or the gold plated version ;)
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Anybody know if the motor for that is available as a spare? Looks ideal for something I'm putting together her.

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Lester Caine

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Very interesting, thanks Peter.

From the Draper website at

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it seems it comes with all the parts to convert to a mill and a drill as well. I'm interested to hear if anyone here has used one or seen one in the flesh ? Wonder if onyone'll have them on display at the LMEE next month...

Boo2

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It does look very useful and a quick search reveals a much better price than on Ebay, take a look on Amazon as this seems to be the best price for anywhere that actually has stock. Is this a new item as there are no ratings?

Mike

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