Inexpensive Chucks

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Hi Alan

The usual brackets in your post — as in :- ( what`s new you say! ) —. came out as expected and the "Pointy" ones <like this> did too

Cunning these Norwegians!.

N

PS

I too am sometimes concerned about the amount of "stuff" I've accumulated, ( But it always seems too potentially useful to ditch)

[David LittlewoodParticipant @davidlittlewood51847]

Michael and Alan were referring to the symbols ] and [ as brackets (quite correctly, I suspect). Those must be the ones missing on the Norwegian keyboard.

The stupid auto-smiley feature (spit) seems to react to things like semicolon-end parenthesis, They are an idiotic feature and some web designer deserves to be strung up by the wotsits. You can IIRC be avoided by putting a space between the two characters. I'll check here ; )

David

 Yes, worked.

Edited By David Littlewood on 06/02/2013 16:39:19

[alan smith 6Participant @alansmith6]

David,

The web designer who invented those smiley faces was probably some poor soul that was always afraid that people, especially his wife, would misunderstand his pathetic jokes. I`ve never been an advocate of capital punishment but perhaps it`s deserved in this case.

Alan

[Thor 🇳🇴Participant @thor]

Hi Alan,

strange that you can not get brackets – [ ] – on your norwegian keyboard. No to trouble to get them on mine (Alt Gr + 8 or Alt Gr + 9). Another possibility is to hold down the Alt key and type 091 ( or 093) on the number keypad.

Regards

Thor

[Tony JeffreeParticipant @tonyjeffree56510]

Posted by Thor on 06/02/2013 17:45:09:

Hi Alan,

strange that you can not get brackets – [ ] – on your norwegian keyboard. No to trouble to get them on mine (Alt Gr + 8 or Alt Gr + 9). Another possibility is to hold down the Alt key and type 091 ( or 093) on the number keypad.

Regards

Thor

Just to get the thread back on topic…

I don't give a TOS about Norwegian keyboards, peculiarities of brackets, or peoples' preferences with regard to smileys.

Regards,

Tony

[alan smith 6Participant @alansmith6]

Steady on Tony! sounds a bit zenophobic to me! Don`t upset our Norwegian friends as they may shut off our gas supply and it won`t just be cold in the shed, as you`ll be watching the soaps with an icicle on the end of your nose!

Are you referring to the ever expanding and shrinking TOS that is owned by one of our super contributors?

The only way to get the thread back onto track is to take it into your own hands and amaze us with a super post, so that we forget what has already gone on. ( scowling smiley ).

Alan

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

Thor,

I think Alan's point is that a UK keyboard actuallh has keys with [ and ] on them. We don't have all those fun circles, accents and umlauts everyone else seems to need. No problem until we post messages about heavy metal bands…

Alan,

I thought TOS was Eastern European? I suspect our erstwhile friend was concerned people would start talking about Pratt Burnerd etc. instyead of just giving an opuionion on the relative merits of the cheapies?

FWIW my two chucks are a standard mini-lathe 3-jaw (which is surprisingly accurate!) and a Chester-branded 4-jaw independent which doesn't seem to be quite as smooth in its action, but works fine.

I fancy getting a 100mm 3-jaw for my mini lathe. Some useful advice here.

Neil

[Jens Eirik Skogstad 1Participant @jenseirikskogstad1]

Posted by Stub Mandrel on 06/02/2013 20:16:52:

I thought TOS was Eastern European?

Neil

TOS is Czech product, also Czech is in East Europe.

**LINK**

I has used the TOS Trenčín lathe at Upper secondary school in 1986-88, sturdy and good lathe.

Alan Smith 6…

The Burnerd chucks is not available in Norway. The Burnerd chucks is often mounted at Myford lathes who was sold in Norway. We has some dealer who is importing the TOS chuck, ask Albert E.Olsen (google it..) about they can order the TOS chuck for you. Better to buy from UK due cheap lathe equipments + customer fee.

[alan smith 6Participant @alansmith6]

Neil,

I`m the last person to ask for advice!

I`ve just bought a Dore-Westbury Mk1 mill that I hope can be refurbished but that will be another thread.

It`s nice to see that our Norwegian friends are throwing themselves into the hurly burly of our Forum. You are very welcome as long as you support my point of view!

What about getting together for a beer! I live in Oslo I bet you live in Trondheim!

Alan

Edited By alan smith 6 on 06/02/2013 20:59:55

[Jens Eirik Skogstad 1Participant @jenseirikskogstad1]

Posted by alan smith 6 on 06/02/2013 20:57:42:

It`s nice to see that our Norwegian friends are throwing themselves into the hurly burly of our Forum. You are very welcome as long as you support my point of view!

What about getting together for a beer! I live in Oslo I bet you live in Trondheim!

Alan

Edited By alan smith 6 on 06/02/2013 20:59:55

Thanks, I am living in Bergen.

PS: I lived and crowed in Trondheim in 18 year due school for deaf in Trondheim, also i came from Kirkenes.

 

 

Edited By Jens Eirik Skogstad on 06/02/2013 21:08:47

Edited By Jens Eirik Skogstad on 06/02/2013 21:12:31

[alan smith 6Participant @alansmith6]

I`m not going to Bergen it rains all the time! What about Thor where do you live?

Alan

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Tony Jeffree on 06/02/2013 17:56:14:

I don't give a TOS about Norwegian keyboards, peculiarities of brackets, or peoples' preferences with regard to smileys.

 

Tony,

Please ignore the following!!

For the benefit of those who do care about [i.e. despise] Auto-Smileys

Here is the culprit:

Alan's innocent use of a "non-breaking space" followed by a semicolon and a closing parenthesis, is converted by "CuteEditor" to be displayed as emwink.gif

MichaelG.

 

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 06/02/2013 21:13:10

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 06/02/2013 21:13:34

[alan smith 6Participant @alansmith6]

Michael,

Can`t read the small print! I`ve never been innocent! Please use your powers to eliminate the smileys on this forum. ( smiling smiley )

Alan

Edited By alan smith 6 on 06/02/2013 21:21:38

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by alan smith 6 on 06/02/2013 21:19:48:

Michael,

Can`t read the small print!

Alan,

Try clicking the image

MichaelG.

[Tony JeffreeParticipant @tonyjeffree56510]

Posted by alan smith 6 on 06/02/2013 19:10:18:

Well none of those chucks that he mentions are manufactured in the West they are all of Chindian origin.

Alan

Alan –

Best brush up on your geography – last I heard, Prague was definitely in Europe. But then, I guess xenophobia is no respecter of borders

Regards,

Tony

[alan smith 6Participant @alansmith6]

Touche` Tony,

I confess that I can`t spell and that my knowlege of geography is dismal but at least you were able to understand what I was saying! I`m kicking myself that I gave you that easy comeback!

What makes you so confident that TOS chucks are made in the Czeck Republic, are you involved in this company? Please give us the lowdown!

Alan

Ps is this the post that was going to bring back the thread in line as I suggested in my earlier post? If so, then you should really try again and give us something special, not just capitalising on a silly mistake on my part.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by alan smith 6 on 06/02/2013 22:03:57:

What makes you so confident that TOS chucks are made in the Czeck Republic, are you involved in this company? Please give us the lowdown!

Alan

This may not be "proof" but it's a pretty good indication

MichaelG.

[alan smith 6Participant @alansmith6]

Michael,

This is just an on line catalogue! Why not let Tony give us the benefit of his inside knowlege.

Alan

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by alan smith 6 on 06/02/2013 22:51:17:

Michael,

This is just an on line catalogue!

… and here is another.

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

It would appear that TOS are a Slovakian company.

Mike

[Chris TriceParticipant @christrice43267]

Alan, TOS chucks are made in the Czech Republic. It's quite common knowledge. They also make some of the Pratt Burnerd chucks. Like the moon landing conspricy theorists, it's up to the minority to disprove the facts, not for the majority to prove what they know to be true.

[Tony JeffreeParticipant @tonyjeffree56510]

Posted by Chris Trice on 06/02/2013 23:43:35:

Alan, TOS chucks are made in the Czech Republic. It's quite common knowledge. They also make some of the Pratt Burnerd chucks. Like the moon landing conspricy theorists, it's up to the minority to disprove the facts, not for the majority to prove what they know to be true.

Hear hear.

Regards,

Tony

[Chris TriceParticipant @christrice43267]

However, for the record, Czeck out the last line of the description (see what I did there?).

**LINK**

 

Edited By Chris Trice on 06/02/2013 23:50:48

[alan smith 6Participant @alansmith6]

Chris and Tony,

It takes two to conspire!

Whatever the majority believes is right you say! What is written down in a catalogue is not real proof of the origin of the items or parts of the items. The company may not wish to divulge that production of parts of their products are made elsewhere, just like Pratt Burnerd! I don`t have time to trawl through the PB catalogue at the moment but i`m sure that you do.

Chris you were the one that mentioned "conspiracy theory"! It never occurred to me.

( Doubtful smiley )

Alan

Tony, What happened to that insider information that you were going to present! Don`t just lash onto what Chris posts!

Edited By alan smith 6 on 07/02/2013 07:39:01

[AndyfParticipant @andyf]

TOS Kurim is now a subsidiary of the Alta Group in the Czech Republic, along with Skoda Machine Tools (not Skoda cars, which is owned by VAG) and other companies . See the caption on the photo here. You may need to click on the flag at the top right for a translation.

TOS certainly seems to make machinery and tooling, though it is always possible that some work is outsourced to manufacturers in other countries.

Andy

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