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Re: New Compact 8 owner

dnish1883 — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:38:16 GMT

Thanks again for the advice. I'm afraid I'm swamped with work right now, though, so it may be a while before I can follow up. David

Re: New Compact 8 owner

Lee A. White — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:02:43 GMT

Your milling spindle should be 2mt and there are many sources for 2mt draw bar shanked collet holders for holding ER collets. You can also use 2mt split

Re: New Compact 8 owner

chrisbanninger@... — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:24:52 GMT

... First, take a light facing cut on a larging diameter workpiece - aluminium will do. Then hold a straight edge to the faced surface. It should be very

Re: New Compact 8 owner

dnish1883 — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:00:32 GMT

Thanks for the offer -- I'll have to take stock of what I'll be needing as things develop. The C8 came with a 4-jaw chuck and what appears to be a C5 3-jaw,

Re: New Compact 8 owner

dnish1883 — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:53:19 GMT

Thanks for the prompt welcome, and happy New Year to you all, too! This was a deal I couldn't turn down; the milling column and head I could always bolt onto

Re: New Compact 8 owner

Lee A. White — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:54:15 GMT

Curtis We are still aboard even if some what quiet. I currently have two emcomats (8.4 and 8.6) that I use regularly. Your C8 is a big step up from you C5 - it

Re: New Compact 8 owner

curtis.norman@... — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:08:34 GMT

... From: "dnish1883" To: 8x18Lathe@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2010 6:26:05 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject:

Re: New Compact 8 owner

chrisbanninger@... — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:02:14 GMT

Welcome aboard David. You cannot go wrong with a genuine Austrian made C8, unless its a total totally rusted up or similar. But most C8 are in my experience

New Compact 8 owner

dnish1883 — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:39:02 GMT

Recently picked up a somewhat damaged Austrian-made Compact 8 with milling unit, and am looking forward to stepping up from my Compact 5. I'm hoping I've not

Re: Emco Compact 8E Threading

Gep — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:48:46 GMT

Hi viper065, If you are located in the US, it can be interesting for you that Blue Ridge Machinery and Tools (pretends to?) stock the thread dial for the Emco

Re: Emco Compact 8E Threading

chrisbanninger@... — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:31:59 GMT

Welcome viper065, It is rare for metric lathes to have a thread dial. It simply is not as useful, as it can be as on a lathe with imperial leadscrew. And

Emco Compact 8E Threading

viper065 — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:03:43 GMT

I have located (but not yet seen) an 8E. The somewhat knowledge -challenged owner represents it as a "full metric" lathe and indicates that there is no thread

Returning to this site after a long absence....

m1tankmechanic — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:37:48 GMT

........Been some time since I last posted here. Sill have/use my Compact 8. It "appears" forum activity has really tapered off over the last 2 years. And for

Re: Farewell Compact 8

cba_melbourne — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:00:53 GMT

... No worries Jan, I won't. If I when I get a larger lathe, the C8 will become my "watchmaker" lathe, reserved for small precision items only. I think that is

No, Chris, it was not "just a link that I remember seeing"...

crackerfactory03 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:43:47 GMT

....as matter of fact, you now have a picture of the toolpost prominently displayed on the site's home page! That is the one I remember, and you are right, it