Xmas present

[Roger HulettParticipant @rogerhulett83124]

What to buy

[Roger HulettParticipant @rogerhulett83124]

I am in the fortunate situation of having a few RDG Gift vouchers given to me for Xmas,the question is….what to buy ?

I have a nice 9" Southbend.A small horizontal mill. A Warco rotary table,chuck & tailstock. A good drill press.3jaw & 4jaw. plus all the little bits.

I am not a trained engineer and do most things by trial and error until I get it right, You Tube etc so I don't know what I need or what I want.

I haven't got a vertical slide,nor any collets or collet holders.

I would appreciate any suggestions and advice.

Many Thanks

[Roger Provins 2Participant @rogerprovins2]

You could have a look at the RDG gift page – might give you an idea.

**LINK**

Edited By Roger Provins 2 on 10/01/2016 14:10:21

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

You could do worse than to buy ER collets, holders, and chucks, if you do not already have: a plunger DTI, a Finger clock, and a Magnetic base.

You will find a use for all of these at some time in the future.

Howard

[Steven VineParticipant @stevenvine79904]

Maybe hang on to them (if they don't go out of date), and buy something you find you need later on in the year.

I got a £50 Amazon gift voucher for Christmas and it is burning a hole in my pocket, but I'll save it until I desperately need something (I'll probably spend it in a moment of 'tool fever' though).

Steve

 

Edited By Steven Vine on 10/01/2016 16:04:31

Edited By Steven Vine on 10/01/2016 16:05:18

[MalcBParticipant @malcb52554]

 

 

One of our Daughters lived in Mytholmroyd until 2 weeks before the floods so have been a regular visitor for quite a while ( she was so lucky they moved 10 miles away when they did as they would have been hit badly ).

If you have a small mill then unlikely you will need a vertical slide.

I have one of their T1 sized quick change tool posts on my Boxford and really like it. Holders are cheap and I have been buying an extra one at visits.

I also like their low profile vices for the milling machine.

Their HBM lathe chucks have surprised me on their accuracy ( have a HBM self centreing 4 jaw ).

As mentioned ER collet set ups are a plus.

They are stockists of Eclipse which still seems a tad better engineered than other imported stuff albeit not as good as it used to be.

Also, a backplate mounted ER chuck for the lathe with an ER chuck on the mill plus 1 X collet set gives a versatile set up between lathe and mill.

Good sets of parallels there which are always useful.

The list is endless but the Best Buy for me from there is the QCTPost set.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited By MalcB on 10/01/2016 16:28:12

[Gordon TarlingParticipant @gordontarling37126]

MalcB – for the uninitiated, who are 'they'?

Edited By Gordon Tarling 1 on 11/01/2016 08:42:28

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Gordon Tarling 1 on 11/01/2016 08:42:05:

… for the uninitiated, who are 'they'?

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RDG

[see first two posts in the thread]

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 11/01/2016 08:46:40

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

QCTP + holders, back plate mounted collet holder & set of collets are very desirable 'nice to have'

George.

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