Are we really on our own when it comes to deciphering manuals written
in english by one of our overseas brothers? I've got a new Birmingham
1440 and the manual is little more than a comic book.

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Are we really on our own when it comes to deciphering manuals written
in english by one of our overseas brothers? I've got a new Birmingham
1440 and the manual is little more than a comic book.

My suggestion would be to look over the offerings at other importers
for machines that look similar, then read their manuals.

I know these two both list manuals for most of their products:
www.grizzly.com
www.harborfreight.com

They've also gotten very good about using something much
closer to real English. Since these are for the American market,
you may have to adjust rpm's for the difference between 50 and
60hz motors.

HTH
--Glenn Lyford

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wrote:
Are we really on our own when it comes to
deciphering manuals written
in english by one of our overseas brothers?
I've got a new Birmingham
1440 and the manual is little more than a comic
book.

My suggestion would be to look over the
offerings at other importers
for machines that look similar, then read their
manuals.

I know these two both list manuals for most of
their products:
www.grizzly.com
www.harborfreight.com

They've also gotten very good about using
something much
closer to real English. Since these are for the
American market,
you may have to adjust rpm's for the difference
between 50 and
60hz motors.

HTH
--Glenn Lyford

The manual for my lathe was so bad it was funny.
Took me quite a while to figure out the "jockey"
they kept referring to was the lathe operator. I
had mental images of slapping a saddle over the
toolpost and flogging it to the winning post at
Flemington. The local agents that I bought it from
had added a "safety " section in an "cover my arse
" exercise, but the rest of it was pretty much
incomprehensible. I emailed them and offered to
translate it into proper English for them ,but I
guess they couldn't understand my language as I
never received a reply.

Tom