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[Stuart Smith 5Participant @stuartsmith5]

Alan

I bought an Amadeal CJ18a lathe about 4 years ago. It was a new hobby for me so I didn’t want to spend too much at the time. I looked online at the various similar lathes available and this one was cheapest and it came with a 100mm chuck. The others had an 80mm chuck. It has a brushed motor and I think if I was buying now I would go for the brushless motor. The torque at low speeds is not great and I understand that brushless motors are better.

It was delivered quickly and met my expectations for a low cost hobby machine. One of the handles broke the first time I used it ( I think it must have been damaged in transit). I rang Amadeal and they sent me a replacement which arrived the next day. Overall I have been happy with the lathe and the service from Amadeal. I have managed to break one of the plastic drive gears and the lead screw gear in the time I have had it and Amadeal stock spares at a reasonable price. I also later bought an Er collet chuck for the lathe which had severe runout. I contacted Amadeal and they sent a replacement. Unfortunately this was the same. Amadeal refunded me the cost and postage straightaway.

Although I haven’t bought a machine from Arceurotrade, I have bought accessories a few times and they have always been delivered quickly.

Regarding packages, you may be better buying the lathe and essential accessories first and then you can decide later on what you want. The trouble with packages is they may include items you don’t really need. On the other hand if they are heavily discounted it may make sense.

Hope this helps, but only you can decide which to get based on your priorities.

Stuart

Edited By Stuart Smith 5 on 03/12/2022 23:06:09

Edited By Stuart Smith 5 on 03/12/2022 23:06:54

[peak4Participant @peak4]

In the last week or so Jane accepted a parcel for me, (not from ArcEuro), which I'd thought was coming Parcelforce, but was delivered by a chap in a white van, similar to the one our Evri courier uses; I didn't see him, so not sure of the courier's identity.
Our own Evri guy is excellent, and a good ambassador for the company; I am however sometimes underwhelmed by the company as a whole.

In contrast to one or to other comments above, I've always found both Parcel Force, and Royal Mail parcels, to be good as well.

Very much a second hand tale, but Jane was listening to a program on Radio5 Live this morning, where new Royal Mail recruits now have a different contract, where they are required to supply their own vehicles.
I didn't hear the broadcast, so I can't comment further.

I've just had a quick listen to the replay, and the relevant bits are about 14 & 18 minutes in very briefly, with a further discussion about 21 minutes in.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001flm9
If I've listened correctly, Parcel Force already employ owner drivers, and RM might be exploring options.
As such it's quite possible that my parcel last week came by a ParceForce owner driver (or maybe a regular in a hire van)

Bill

Edited By peak4 on 30/11/2022 21:42:10

[noel shelleyParticipant @noelshelley55608]

Leave for Belgium on Sunday morn tried to order online for £500 to euros at barclays to be told no chance before Monday at the earliest a wether they deliver to my house or the branch, it comes via the PO. went to the local PO and got them over the counter – though not at a good rate ! Noel.

[Ketan SwaliParticipant @ketanswali79440]

Posted by Baz on 30/11/2022 19:35:47: I had to go to local post office the following day to collect the packet. Arc Euro service excellent, parcelforce absolute c**p.

Interesting, thank you and apologies Baz. If possible, could you please pm me your postcode so that I can let my team know, for the purpose of monitoring.

Ketan at ARC

[BazParticipant @baz89810]

Parcel force delivered a packet from Arc Euro last week at 8.15 in the morning, didn’t knock or ring the bell, wife and I were in kitchen having breakfast and didn’t hear a thing, first we knew was seeing card on mat saying they had tried to deliver. As we have been the victims of many burglary’s over the years the house and workshop are covered in cameras so I went and had a look, up the drive, card through letterbox, turn round and down the drive, no attempt at delivery. I had to go to local post office the following day to collect the packet. Arc Euro service excellent, parcelforce absolute c**p.

[Robert Atkinson 2Participant @robertatkinson2]

So I bought a somewhart tired late ML2 lathe 4 years ago with all good intentions. However the knackered spindle and bearings along with lack of space in the garage and being very busy with the day job meant that other than aquiring a replacement used spindle and bearings, a 3 phase motor and VFD, the ML2 hadn't turned under power.

A few months ago I managed to make space in the garage (and installed a SX1LP mill from Arc Euro). I finally started to work on the ML2. Then a ML7 appeared in the forum for sale ads and it wasn't far away from me. A quick drive and I was the owner of a very early (<500 serial number) ML7 that had clearly been well looked after as well as being used to make a couple of locos by the previous owner. That was a just under a month ago. I've not been so tardy this time. The ML2 has gone to a new home, and the ML7 basically set up.
I've fitted the 1/2 hp 6 pole TEFC 3 phase motor I'd bought for the ML2 and actually made some swarf this afternoon. Waiting for a new belt and some other bits to finish the installation properly but nearly there.

Robert G8RPI.

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

It's unlikely the chuck is permanently fixed to the arbour, but it might be jambed and as it's is likely to be worn or damaged I'd junk the whole lot.

What's "best" depends on how deep your pockets are! Most of us start by demanding top-end professional gear and run away when we see the price! I favour mid-range gear from the likes of ArcEuroTrade.

What you need is an arbour, about £7, probably with a Morse MT 2 taper on one end, and a taper to suit the chuck on the other. Chucks come with various tapers, JT6 being typical for the 16mm size.

I prefer keyless chucks and ArcEuro sell a 16mm J6 heavy duty keyless chuck (part 040-011-00016) for £30, but it's currently out of stock. They also sell a range of arbours, including MT2 to JT6. Other vendors available

JT, 'Jacobs Taper' are designed to grip firmly, and have to be released with wedges. MT are an early quick-change tool system and the taper is designed to eject from the machine without fuss. The variety is to keep us amused. BT do the same job as JT, but the angles are different. It doesn't matter provided the chuck fits the arbour and the arbour's other end fits the machine. The marking 2J6 strongly suggests MT2 and J6, but use Old Mart's table to confirm MT.

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 26/11/2022 08:30:50:

Posted by ega on 25/11/2022 12:41:40:

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In the the same work he gives detailed instructions for setting out divisions of a circle with the use of rule, dividers, etc, techniques which could have been used by the ancient craftsmen.

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Whilst those Euclidean techniques are ‘philosophically’ entirely valid …

As a bit of light reading, I offer this link to a PDF of Euclid's Elements. It gives a good insight into what was possible with rule and dividers and the advanced achievements of Ancient Greek Geometry. Euclid lived a century or two before the estimated manufacture of the Antikythera mechanism (possibly as early as 178BC), and his book was based on the efforts of earlier Greeks; Pythagoras predated Euclid by a few centuries.

Roughly 200 years after the mechanism was made, Ptolemy popularised the 'Earth is the centre' model of the universe, and provided the rather convoluted mathematics needed to predict planetary movements. However Ptolemy's thinking wasn't original – he credits Hipparchus, who lived around the time the Antikythera mechanism was made, and seems to have been the first mathematician to make a start on trigonometry.

To me the Antikythera mechanism presents two problems:

• Who was clever enough to understand the astronomical maths and design a gear system that computed results, and,
• Who was skilled enough to understand what the mathematicians were on about and build a complex gear box, not just a rough and ready prototype, but a well finished object of desire.

There's no doubt that the Ancient Greeks had the mathematical and astronomical skills needed to design such a mechanism. It's the building of it that's surprising. What we don't know is how common such devices were. They may not have been unimaginably high-tech at the time. Too expensive for ordinary folk, but perhaps the sort of thing the leisured super-rich of the day might indulge.

Later, Greek civilisation fell apart, and it's not surprising development stalled because Roman society didn't value mathematics or astronomy much. Later still, Rome fell to cultures even less interested, and Europe entered the Dark Ages. The ideas weren't entirely lost, and were revitalised first by monks wanting to worship at fixed hours, and then by the flood of rational thought that characterised the Renaissance and led via the Industrial Revolution to the problems of the modern world.

Dave

[A. OzenParticipant @a-ozen27218]

Sorry Manfred, I did not check the link you posted to EmcoShop, I thought you linked the gib only, but it was the complete top slide in the link.

According to the part list I have for the Compact 5 the gib has part number A5A05050 and EmcoShop sells that too, price is reasonable at €12.85, but I ordered couple times from them, and the shipment costs are really high, to the Netherlands it is almost twice as the item itself at €25

Here is the link to the gib: Emco GIB A5A 050 050

If you don't have a parts list, just search for a German manual of the lathe and at the end there is a parts list with exploded drawings of it. I figure that out after a couple of weeks when I got the lathe, and it is very helpful, the English version of the manual does not have part numbers.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

I tend to just use an edge finder touching two sides if the bar is horizontal and 4 points if vertical combined with the 1/2 function on the DRO.

Also use one of these on the CNC with a dti

[mike robinson 2Participant @mikerobinson2]

I use one of these wheels from Arc on my Quorn, either 80 or 100mm dia. both are 18mm bore and either 10 or 15mm wide. Cool cutting and no runout

They have a nice wide face with cross sectional features that minimise tool setting changes

https://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Machines-Accessories/End-Mill-Re-Sharpening-Module/EMG-12-End-Mill-Re-Sharpening-Module

Edited By mike robinson 2 on 21/11/2022 17:35:36

[Roger BestParticipant @rogerbest89007]

Posted by Watford on 21/11/2022 12:33:44:

I have just returned to my workshop after some eighteen months and found that a number of items, tools and machinery, have aquired a hopefully light coating of rust. My fault, I should have taken better precautions prior to having the surgeon take a Dremmel tool to my spine. He did a fine job but now I have to get the workshop back in commission. Any prompts as to an easy and quick way to wipe away this beastly surface rust would be a bonus.

Cheers chaps and chapesses.

Mike

Dip in Evaporust or vinegar or the stuff Arceurotrade sell. Make sure its fully immersed. Chemicals are gentle to surfaces and don't remove steel.

Chucks need to be stripped down to dip.

For stuff that doesn't need to preserve the surface light oil and wire wool. Finer the wool better the finish. Scotchbright pads are good for rustier stuff.

Brass wire rotary brushes are a bit much from your description.

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Ketan at ArcEuroTrade has VCI pads for tool protection.

[John RuddParticipant @johnrudd16576]

Posted by Ketan Swali on 16/06/2020 11:18:08:

 

It is a SIEG C2 lathe, spare parts for which can be found on this page.

Ketan at ARC.

 

https://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Machine-Spares/C2-Mini-Lathe-Spares/C2-182A-Control-Board-FC250J

Edited By John Rudd on 20/11/2022 20:06:52

[Nick Clarke 3Participant @nickclarke3]

Posted by John Rudd on 20/11/2022 14:22:59:

James the boards can be repaired ( I do repair these and other boards for lathes/mills but am a bit busy at the moment) ….If you have the requisite skills and have access to parts…

Might be better for you to buy a replacement from Arceurotrade….

The Clarke CL300 is sold by Machine Mart, not ArcEurotrade and you will need to check with them if their boards are the same – otherwise order from Machine Mart.

There ae several different controller boards I believe and they may not all be interchangeable.

[John RuddParticipant @johnrudd16576]

James the boards can be repaired ( I do repair these and other boards for lathes/mills but am a bit busy at the moment) ….If you have the requisite skills and have access to parts…

Might be better for you to buy a replacement from Arceurotrade….

[James MackayParticipant @jamesmackay16906]

Hello,

I’m new to this forum and hope someone can offer advice on an issue I have with my Clarke CL300 lathe. The circuit fuse always blows when mains power is switched on. I have check everything and replaced the speed control switch/potentiometer, but the issue is still present.

I have traced a problem with the old FC250 control board in that there seems to be a short between connection “AC4”(live) and connection “5” (this is when nothing else is connected to the board.

Is this something that I can fix (replace relay?) or do I need to order a new board from Arceurotrade?

Any advice welcome.

Regards

James

[Dave WoottonParticipant @davewootton]

Pete

You are right it was Excel machine tools I visited that sold Pinnacle lathes, just couldn't remember the name, memory is dodgy these days!

Dave

Several importers used the Warco green ( Euro machine green or Reseda Green, I once worked for a machine importers and the choice from the Taiwanese factory was the green or a light blue grey. Some of the small mills( A1-S) were badged for resale by yet another company as Elliott and were always specified euro green.

Edited By Dave Wootton on 18/11/2022 16:40:55

[HowiParticipant @howi]

Posted by Mike Freeman on 15/11/2022 09:01:05:

'One advantage of second hand is that they often come with other kit that reduces their cost.'

This was the main reason for looking at the ML10. I didn't win it however as I was at work so will be going ahead and placing an order with Arc Euro for the SC3.

Of course, I've now also been eyeing up the SX2 Plus milling machine as well

SX2P is a great bit of kit if, like me, you are short of workshop space and money.

I have an Amadeal 210 lathe, just a bit larger diameter than SC3, had it for more than 10 years now, again no regrets.

Arceuro are great to trade with and would not hesitate to purchase one of their lathes or mini mills.

There has been a great improvement in hobby lathes and mini mills since I bought mine, the only reason I did not go for the Arceuro lathe at the time was the extra expense of having the lathe fettled before delivery, not now the case obviously.

Don't let the "Myford" snobs put you off, there are plenty of us on here with Chinese machinary that is working well for us, at least with a new machine you gat a waranty and a LOT of Myfords have been much abused despite their price.

Go for both, you will not regret it, I use my SX2P more than I do my lathe.

[Mike FreemanParticipant @mikefreeman95253]

'One advantage of second hand is that they often come with other kit that reduces their cost.'

This was the main reason for looking at the ML10. I didn't win it however as I was at work so will be going ahead and placing an order with Arc Euro for the SC3.

Of course, I've now also been eyeing up the SX2 Plus milling machine as well

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

last few Dies I have bought have been from ARC but their M10 needs a 30mm holder so you may not want to spend out on both. And that will also open up the unsplit die debate.

Also bought a few metric ones from Rotagrip made by Volkel not their cheaper offerings.

Dormer from MSC is another option but quite spendy and again at least 90% of Dormer dies are solid like many makes these days.

[MacolmParticipant @macolm]

It is a bit confusing, but the numbering of the various sizes of this series of toolposts all start 250-. The 250-0xx is the smallest, the next is 250-1xx or AXA, then 250-2xx or BXA etc. The dimensions of the 250-000 toolpost can be found on the Arceurotrade website which also indicates suitability for mini lathes.

 

Do ensure you get a wedge design rather than piston type because the positioning of the cutting edge is much more consistent when removed and replaced. An advantage of the 250- design is that it is fairly simple to make your own toolholders.

 

Buying from a UK vendor usually means that someone has vetted the supplier to provide reasonable quality.

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[JellyParticipant @jelly]

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Posted by blowlamp on 12/11/2022 23:25:40:

I actually couldn't care less that LNG is a fossill fuel, but with all the hysteria surrounding the use of fossil fuels, I thought I'd point out the hypocrisy. Does it matter to you that coal & oil are fossil fuels? I see that you mention this gas is normally flared, so how does that fit in with big business keeping emissions down?

With regards to flaring, they're businesses, which exist to make money and will do whatever is most profitable.

I think the practice of flaring gas is wasteful and hard to justify on a moral or technical level (although if the gas is coming up anyway, better that it is flared than just released as Methane with 10x greater global warming potential), but my opinions aren't going to change anything about the cold hard cash element which drives these businesses.

This is especially so because many of the producers (outside the USA) who are still actively flaring are State Oil Companies in low-middle income countries, which ALWAYS have a desperate need to maximise oil revenues, because they're propping up the economy of a whole country on their own.

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More generally I must say that I don't understand what this supposed hypocrisy you keep referring to is meant to be; if you have something to say, say it rather than dancing around the point.

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Posted by blowlamp on 12/11/2022 23:25:40:

The truth is that much of this gas is fracked, not flared, in the USA and it's only commercially viable to sell now that Russian gas has been removed from the loop, thus leaving much of Europe energy scarce.

It's true that there is significant shale-gas (and shale-oil) production in the US especially in the Permian, and it has been somewhat vulnerable to price fluctuations, but it's definitely not "only commercially viable to sell because of Russia".

Shale gas is part of the story of how the US has managed to suppress gas prices locally relative to other markets, whilst the widespread commercial failures of operators (which was focused on the Permian basin area again) was the result of a lot of small "mom and pop" E&P operators seeing an opportunity to grow by drilling new wells, and over-leveraging their businesses with high cost finance, with no financial cushion in place to account for a potential decline in demand; then experiencing a huge drop in demand due to the Pandemic.

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In any case in this kind of context "Fracked" is something of a meaningless term… almost every active offshore well on the UKCS and in the Norwegian Sector will either have been fracked already, or will be fracked in its lifetime…

It's a process with nearly 40 years under it's belt, which was entirely uncontroversial for most of that time until a small number of greedy people started doing it inappropriately close to important groundwater aquifers to make ever smaller onshore wells viable.

The problem with fracking was never the process itself, but a combination of greed, inadequate regulation, worse enforcement, absent corporate ethics, and below par geological work.

[blowlampParticipant @blowlamp]

I actually couldn't care less that LNG is a fossill fuel, but with all the hysteria surrounding the use of fossil fuels, I thought I'd point out the hypocrisy. Does it matter to you that coal & oil are fossil fuels? I see that you mention this gas is normally flared, so how does that fit in with big business keeping emissions down?

The truth is that much of this gas is fracked, not flared, in the USA and it's only commercially viable to sell now that Russian gas has been removed from the loop, thus leaving much of Europe energy scarce.

The point is that if one really believes the terror stories that we're destroying the planet in that '1 minute to midnight' kind of way, then all fossil fuel use should be ended now. The fact that 'Carbon Credits' are traded by corporations and the wealthy should tell you all you need to know with regard to how seriously they take this 'crisis'.

Maybe you can give an example of genuinely clean/green technology that doesn't start & end its story 'at the tailpipe', but rather starts at the beginning and concludes at the recycling centre.