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    New guy from Belleville Ont

    Welcome from Stittsville (Ottawa)
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    Shop Things to have in your dream shop!

    Thanks, McGyver. There's an Inca Table. Saw and combo jointer/planer. on Kijiji. I'm considering them. Ditto your remarks on Felder.
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    Shop Things to have in your dream shop!

    Following this thread with great interest. Please forgive this excursion for McGiver's mention of Inca woodworking machinery. Years ago, in the days of Tage Frid at Fine Woodworking these were the tools to have. What do you think of them today McGiver in relation to current machinery like...
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    Compound needs a better degree dial

    Survive. Adapt. Overcome. :cool:
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    Compound needs a better degree dial

    Good fortune in your journey Pilgrim.
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    Compound needs a better degree dial

    Last try, then I'll assume that I'm missing something. 1 mm = roughly 1 degree if your tool post is 115mm D. 115mmx Pi(D) = circumference of 361.1, an error of .003/division. Once installed, you can reference from your existing graduations. Write major divisions on the tape, if you want. No...
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    A lathe at the "other" end of the spectrum!

    I thought that 135 was sold. Seller had taken down the Ad. It's on my Lottery dream list.
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    Compound needs a better degree dial

    Good morning.! You talked about favouring a graduated ring, to slip over your tool post, rather than disk between the post and compound. I thought that the metal tape applied directly to the tool post would do as well as a ring. I said compound which should have been wrap around the base of your...
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    Compound needs a better degree dial

    Here's my last thought for the day: quick and dirty. Buy adhesive metal measuring tapes from Lee Valley 70539-adhesive-bench-tapes. if you buy the inch/metric scale tape and cut the tape in half lengthwise and then use the mm scale and wrap it around the base of the compound, total error error...
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    Compound needs a better degree dial

    Sorry for teasing you - this could work very well. I understand that it would normally measure stepper or other shaft rotation. In hindsight, I'm surprised that the feature isn't commercially available for lathe compounds. Not much different than a DRO sensor.
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