At the Ally Pally show, the firm RDG TOOLS were selling 14.5 PA
20 DP gear cutters (Myford type) for £12-50 ea. (£100 for a set of 8!)I was going to buy a set, but SWMBO whom I had taken along for a day out (She did end up buying a set of wood planes from that Frenchman) asked if I was actually going to use them in the foreseeable future, and despite having planned to look for a set, I made the mistake of passing them over!
One of those impulse buys one regrets walking away from!
These people have web site
The funny bit was that seconds later standing by the myford bits was Messrs Moore [Father & Son] of myford, looking somewhat po-faced! They spoke to RDG .They obviously knew one another. Perhaps Myford will reprice in face of competition? [not?]
Myford only do few shows and have an open week at the same time as Donnington. I know from speaking to GLR that stands at these shows are quite expensive , several £100's . Not much in it if you only sell spares at a few £ each.
Mike
20 DP gear cutters (Myford type) for £12-50 ea. (£100 for a set of 8!)I was going to buy a set, but SWMBO whom I had taken along for a day out (She did end up buying a set of wood planes from that Frenchman) asked if I was actually going to use them in the foreseeable future, and despite having planned to look for a set, I made the mistake of passing them over!
One of those impulse buys one regrets walking away from!
Deciding that what I really wanted was a pair of wheel and pinion cutters for my clock (Alec Price's "Half-sized Turret Clock", EIM, Sept 2000 et seq); rather than beating about the bush in order to derive ways of making such cutters, that I ought to bite-the-bullet and just order them, having been farting around for a couple of years in pursuit of similar, but without success. (Yes - this project's been a long time in the genesis - I purchased the metal for it three years ago after speaking to Mr.Price at the one of the Shows and seeing his completed clock, and then speaking to Mr.Price again at the same show a year later!)
This I did so, and got excellent service from PP Thornton - a telephone order was promptly delivered, and they spare the time to discuss at length the nature of the cutters, even though no sale was guaranteed.
BUT!!!!! £115 for two cutters, each of which turn out to be the size of
3 X 10p pieces, when one could buy a complete set of 8 involute cutters for £15 less, and get a lot more metal for your money!!WOW!
(No reflection on PP Thornton implied - as I said above, I recommend them for their prompt and polite service!)
Oddly enough, it was the presence of the series of articles for that clock that got me to subscribe to EIM, but see other thread about too many magazines!)
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