While I am fascinated by machining I have neither skill nor experience
as a machinist. Therefore, I will appreciate your help.

I am considering buying an Emco Compact 5 lathe with mill as a gift
for my son. I don't know what generation the machine is. However,
this is not a CNC capable machine.

Will we regret not finding a machine that has the CNC capability? Or
is this the appropriate place to start. My son is studying chemistry
and has an inventor's genius.

Thanks,

Vernon

Vernon wrote:
(...)

I am considering buying an Emco Compact 5 lathe with mill as a gift
for my son.

In descending order of importance:

1) You are a good dad.

2) Please consider asking your son to attend a machining class
held at your local junior college. I attended and had a great
time learning the safe and proper way to make things using
machine tools.

3) You and your son will be very pleased to start out with a manual
lathe and mill. If you pay attention, your tools will give you
a 'gut level' feel for the variables that will result
in the most productivity and best surface finish.

4) There is always time to move on to CNC after you have made some
parts on the manual machines. Starting with CNC would cheat you
of an intuitive grasp of the subject.

5) If you are patient, you will hear advice from other members of
this group, most of which are much more qualified than me.
Don't be distressed about apparent differences in opinion.

My $.000002

--Winston

On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:49:48 -0700, Winston
wrote:

Vernon wrote:
(...)

I am considering buying an Emco Compact 5 lathe with mill as a gift
for my son.

In descending order of importance:

1) You are a good dad.

2) Please consider asking your son to attend a machining class
held at your local junior college. I attended and had a great
time learning the safe and proper way to make things using
machine tools.

3) You and your son will be very pleased to start out with a manual
lathe and mill. If you pay attention, your tools will give you
a 'gut level' feel for the variables that will result
in the most productivity and best surface finish.

4) There is always time to move on to CNC after you have made some
parts on the manual machines. Starting with CNC would cheat you
of an intuitive grasp of the subject.

5) If you are patient, you will hear advice from other members of
this group, most of which are much more qualified than me.
Don't be distressed about apparent differences in opinion.

My $.000002

--Winston


Hey Winston,

Super answer!! Wish we could all take the time to do that nice stuff.

I agree with what you say. CNC versus manual machines is the
equivalent to doing thesis work in chemistry after the junior year.
You still need to know the basics.

Now CAD-CAM, on the other hand, is a way to produce acceptable
drawings without the draftsman's full skill-set. Makes life and
learning easy.

To Vernon:

CNC is a "TOOL", and not a single self-related style. You cannot
SUCCESSFULLY do any notable CNC machining until you understand the
rest of the work being done.

The Emco line of machines is quite good. Good choice for first-timers
too. While I personally have never owned nor operated the EMCO
lathe/mill comb or any of the combo machines (except on a field-trip
to Smithy) I have read many articles, both ways, on their usefulness
in this usegroup, as everyone else here has too. The general
consensus is that if a lathe/mill combo is what you can afford or all
you have room for, go for it. But if a bit more money and a bit more
room is available, then get the two as separate tools. There are
quite affordable separate machines in the same size range as the
EMCO -5, for close to the same dollars.

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.

On Sep 25, 7:03*am, Brian Lawson wrote:
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:49:48 -0700, Winston
wrote:





Vernon wrote:
(...)

I am considering buying an Emco Compact 5 lathe with mill as a gift
for my son.

In descending order of importance:

1) You are a good dad.

2) Please consider asking your son to attend a machining class
* *held at your local junior college. *I attended and had a great
* *time learning the safe and proper way to make things using
* *machine tools.

3) You and your son will be very pleased to start out with a manual
* *lathe and mill. If you pay attention, your tools will give you
* *a 'gut level' feel for the variables that will result
* *in the most productivity and best surface finish.

4) There is always time to move on to CNC after you have made some
* *parts on the manual machines. Starting with CNC would cheat you
* *of an intuitive grasp of the subject.

5) If you are patient, you will hear advice from other members of
* *this group, most of which are much more qualified than me.
* *Don't be distressed about apparent differences in opinion.

My $.000002

--Winston

Hey Winston,

Super answer!! *Wish we could all take the time to do that nice stuff.

I agree with what you say. *CNC versus manual machines is the
equivalent to doing thesis work in chemistry after the junior year.
You still need to know the basics.

Now CAD-CAM, on the other hand, is a way to produce acceptable
drawings without the draftsman's full skill-set. *Makes life and
learning easy.

To Vernon:

CNC is a "TOOL", and not a single self-related style. *You cannot
SUCCESSFULLY do any notable CNC machining until you understand the
rest of the work being done.

The Emco line of machines is quite good. *Good choice for first-timers
too. *While I personally have never owned nor operated the EMCO
lathe/mill comb or any of the combo machines (except on a field-trip
to Smithy) *I have read many articles, both ways, on their usefulness
in this usegroup, as everyone else here has too. *The general
consensus is that if a lathe/mill combo is what you can afford or all
you have room for, go for it. *But if a bit more money and a bit more
room is available, then get the two as separate tools. *There are
quite affordable separate machines in the same size range as the
EMCO -5, for close to the same dollars.

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thank you Winston, Karl and Brian. Your much appreciated advice is
logical and re-assuring.

All the best.

Vernon

Brian Lawson wrote:
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:49:48 -0700, Winston
wrote:

(...)

Hey Winston,

Super answer!! Wish we could all take the time to do that nice stuff.

Thank you, sir.

I agree with what you say. CNC versus manual machines is the
equivalent to doing thesis work in chemistry after the junior year.
You still need to know the basics.

Now CAD-CAM, on the other hand, is a way to produce acceptable
drawings without the draftsman's full skill-set. Makes life and
learning easy.

I love CAD! (Yay Rhino! http://www.rhino3d.com/)

An intro drafting course would be a great idea. If none are available,
careful attention to competent drawings will reveal hints on how to
represent an item clearly and how to dimension it properly.

Hint:
1) Let your drawing 'cool' over night. Look at it the next
morning from the perspective of the machinist who has to make
the part.
2) Chuckle sheepishly at the specification or dimension that you
forgot. (This works for me!)

To Vernon:

(...) But if a bit more money and a bit more
room is available, then get the two as separate tools. There are
quite affordable separate machines in the same size range as the
EMCO -5, for close to the same dollars.

Plus, while your son is hogging out the crankcase on the mill,
you can be turning the cylinders and pistons on the lathe.



--Winston

Brian Lawson wrote:
But if a bit more money and a bit more
room is available, then get the two as separate tools. There are
quite affordable separate machines in the same size range as the
EMCO -5, for close to the same dollars.

Missed this the first time.
I don't know what the price point on this Emco is, or if there are other
considerations.
But in my observation, Emco machines, though finely built, are priced
out of proportion to their utility. And accessories are
machine-specific, expensive, and scarce.

I'd suggest (Shields up!) a new Seig Minilathe from any of the usual
suspects. Once he has the hang of that, get him the minimill next year.

Support is limitless, accessories cheap, tooling standardized.

RB writes:

I'd suggest (Shields up!) a new Seig Minilathe from any of the usual
suspects. Once he has the hang of that, get him the minimill next
year.

And you can add CNC to it later (DIY).

"Winston" wrote in message
...
Vernon wrote:
(...)

I am considering buying an Emco Compact 5 lathe with mill as a gift
for my son.

In descending order of importance:

1) You are a good dad.

2) Please consider asking your son to attend a machining class
held at your local junior college. I attended and had a great
time learning the safe and proper way to make things using
machine tools.

3) You and your son will be very pleased to start out with a manual
lathe and mill. If you pay attention, your tools will give you
a 'gut level' feel for the variables that will result
in the most productivity and best surface finish.

4) There is always time to move on to CNC after you have made some
parts on the manual machines. Starting with CNC would cheat you
of an intuitive grasp of the subject.

5) If you are patient, you will hear advice from other members of
this group, most of which are much more qualified than me.
Don't be distressed about apparent differences in opinion.

My $.000002

--Winston

CNC is not really needed, Winston is right about learning on manual
machines. CNC is great for long run/multiple parts. One part is faster on
a manual. And you develop a worth while skill.

I am considering buying an Emco Compact 5 lathe with mill as a gift
for my son. I don't know what generation the machine is. However,
this is not a CNC capable machine.

Good choice for first machine. Do CNC later when he shows interest.

As said in the other response, if its possible to get him to a couple
classes at a tech. college he'll learn a ton. Of course, telling a young man
what he should do and having him listen is a truly rare event.

Karl

Vernon wrote:
While I am fascinated by machining I have neither skill nor experience
as a machinist. Therefore, I will appreciate your help.

I am considering buying an Emco Compact 5 lathe with mill as a gift
for my son. I don't know what generation the machine is. However,
this is not a CNC capable machine.

Will we regret not finding a machine that has the CNC capability? Or
is this the appropriate place to start. My son is studying chemistry
and has an inventor's genius.

I recently bought the CNC version of this machine.
Same lathe, except it has the steppers in place of handwheels.
The milling attachment is the same, no CNC milling control.
This is a very fine precision lathe. It works best for brass, aluminum,
and plastic. It can be used for steel, but don't push it.
The milling setup is pretty light duty. Mine does not have a fine feed,
but yours may. If it was all I had for milling, I'd sell it ($500 on
ebay) and buy a Chinese minimill.
One good alternative I saw was divorcing the mill column from the lathe
and attaching it to it's own X-Y table.
But yes, if you can buy it right, it's a great starter lathe for a kid
of any age.

Be sure it comes with all the tooling, because each piece is expensive.
Typical factory tooling usually included:

3-jaw chuck
collet chuck for lathe
ER25 collet set
Indexer
tool-post, preferably quick-change (2 styles)
Milling table (slotted plated about 5"x6")
Milling clamps
Milling vise

I can send you pics of most of those if you need them.

On Sep 25, 11:37*am, RB wrote:
Vernon wrote:
While I am fascinated by machining I have neither skill nor experience
as a machinist. *Therefore, I will appreciate your help.

I am considering buying an Emco Compact 5 lathe with mill as a gift
for my son. *I don't know what generation the machine is. *However,
this is not a CNC capable machine.

Will we regret not finding a machine that has the CNC capability? *Or
is this the appropriate place to start. *My son is studying chemistry
and has an inventor's genius.

I recently bought the CNC version of this machine.
Same lathe, except it has the steppers in place of handwheels.
The milling attachment is the same, no CNC milling control.
This is a very fine precision lathe. It works best for brass, aluminum,
and plastic. It can be used for steel, but don't push it.
The milling setup is pretty light duty. Mine does not have a fine feed,
but yours may. If it was all I had for milling, I'd sell it ($500 on
ebay) and buy a Chinese minimill.
One good alternative I saw was divorcing the mill column from the lathe
and attaching it to it's own X-Y table.
But yes, if you can buy it right, it's a great starter lathe for a kid
of any age.

Be sure it comes with all the tooling, because each piece is expensive.
Typical factory tooling usually included:

3-jaw chuck
collet chuck for lathe
ER25 collet set
Indexer
tool-post, preferably quick-change (2 styles)
Milling table (slotted plated about 5"x6")
Milling clamps
Milling vise

I can send you pics of most of those if you need them.

Hey RB,

Whether I bought it "right" remains to be seen. I ended up paying
about what an equivalent lathe / mini mill would cost new at Harbor
Freight. However, I don't know what condition it's in. And I don't
know if it has any - never mind all - of the accessories you list
above. Somebody wanted it almost as much as I did. I can only hope
he did his homework better than I did.

Regards,
Vernon

On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:58:06 -0700 (PDT), the infamous Vernon
scrawled the following:

Whether I bought it "right" remains to be seen. I ended up paying
about what an equivalent lathe / mini mill would cost new at Harbor
Freight. However, I don't know what condition it's in. And I don't
know if it has any - never mind all - of the accessories you list
above. Somebody wanted it almost as much as I did. I can only hope
he did his homework better than I did.

Vernon, condolences on your successful auction bidding. ;(

Next time, figure out what you'd pay as a maximum bid, then use
sniping software to enter that bid at the absolute last second. It'll
keep you out of the bidding wars which make sellers ecstatic and
buyers remorseful.

And now, at least you're aware of "homework", eh?

I hope the Emco purchase is chock full of goodies for you.

--
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

On Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 9:37:41 AM UTC-7, Rex wrote:
Vernon wrote:
While I am fascinated by machining I have neither skill nor experience
as a machinist. Therefore, I will appreciate your help.

I am considering buying an Emco Compact 5 lathe with mill as a gift
for my son. I don't know what generation the machine is. However,
this is not a CNC capable machine.

Will we regret not finding a machine that has the CNC capability? Or
is this the appropriate place to start. My son is studying chemistry
and has an inventor's genius.

I recently bought the CNC version of this machine.
Same lathe, except it has the steppers in place of handwheels.
The milling attachment is the same, no CNC milling control.
This is a very fine precision lathe. It works best for brass, aluminum,
and plastic. It can be used for steel, but don't push it.
The milling setup is pretty light duty. Mine does not have a fine feed,
but yours may. If it was all I had for milling, I'd sell it ($500 on
ebay) and buy a Chinese minimill.
One good alternative I saw was divorcing the mill column from the lathe
and attaching it to it's own X-Y table.
But yes, if you can buy it right, it's a great starter lathe for a kid
of any age.

Be sure it comes with all the tooling, because each piece is expensive.
Typical factory tooling usually included:

3-jaw chuck
collet chuck for lathe
ER25 collet set
Indexer
tool-post, preferably quick-change (2 styles)
Milling table (slotted plated about 5"x6")
Milling clamps
Milling vise

I can send you pics of most of those if you need them.

do you know of an xy table conpatible with the emco unimat compact milling attachment? the original is hard to find and very expensive too

On 2008-09-25, Vernon wrote:
While I am fascinated by machining I have neither skill nor experience
as a machinist. Therefore, I will appreciate your help.

I am considering buying an Emco Compact 5 lathe with mill as a gift
for my son. I don't know what generation the machine is. However,
this is not a CNC capable machine.

O.K. The color can give some clues as to vintage. The older
ones are International orange, and the newer ones are bright red within
those which were made as CNC machines.

Will we regret not finding a machine that has the CNC capability? Or
is this the appropriate place to start.

Anyone *should* learn on a manual machine prior to every trying
to program a CNC machine -- just to have a better feel for what the
machine is capable of before asking the dumb robot to do things which
the machine can't handle.

Note that there are versions of the same lathe which *are* CNC,
both ones using a built-in (but limited) CPU, and ones which are driven
from a PC (which was a bit faster at the time). One advantage of
starting with the manual Compact-5 and then moving to a CNC version of
the same machine is that a certain percentage of the tooling will work
with both machines.

There was also a "F1" CNC mill with the same vintage of
controller CPU as the Compact-5/CNC lathe.

I've got the Compact-5/CNC lathe (but not the "F1 mill"), and I
use it for some things, and my older, larger Clausing manual lathe for
other things -- so it is good to have both around.



My son is studying chemistry
and has an inventor's genius.

Then he should enjoy the manual Compact-5 and learn well from
it.

Send him here for extra guidance.

Enjoy,
DoN.

--
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On 26 Sep 2008 04:41:16 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote:
--------
There was also a "F1" CNC mill with the same vintage of
controller CPU as the Compact-5/CNC lathe.
---------
see
http://www.lathes.co.uk/emco/index.html

Emcos are nice machines but the smaller manual machines are long
out of production and the parts/accessories are not cheap. one US
source is http://www.blueridgemachinery.com/

One of Blueridge's product lines is Shop Fox, which seems to be
very close to the Emco design.
http://www.blueridgemachinery.com/ma...athe_mill.html


Unka' George [George McDuffee]
-------------------------------------------
He that will not apply new remedies,
must expect new evils:
for Time is the greatest innovator: and
if Time, of course, alter things to the worse,
and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better,
what shall be the end?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman.
Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).

As the other comments suggest, anyone approaching small scale machining
should become familiar with manual machine operation first.

There are good write-ups of EMCO combo machines in the archives of this
newsgroup, and several other locations such as the Chaski 3in1 forum, and
the CNC Zone forum.

The capabilities of the EMCO combo machine will most likely enable a user to
fabricate nearly all of the mechanical parts required to convert the machine
to CNC.
Locating the electrical and electronic assemblies shouldn't be difficult.

The amount of information available for converting any common machine to CNC
is very vast.

WB
..........
metalworking projects
www.kwagmire.com/metal_proj.html


"Vernon" wrote in message
...
While I am fascinated by machining I have neither skill nor experience
as a machinist. Therefore, I will appreciate your help.

I am considering buying an Emco Compact 5 lathe with mill as a gift
for my son. I don't know what generation the machine is. However,
this is not a CNC capable machine.

Will we regret not finding a machine that has the CNC capability? Or
is this the appropriate place to start. My son is studying chemistry
and has an inventor's genius.

Thanks,

Vernon

On Sep 26, 11:46*am, "Wild_Bill" wrote:
As the other comments suggest, anyone approaching small scale machining
should become familiar with manual machine operation first.

There are good write-ups of EMCO combo machines in the archives of this
newsgroup, and several other locations such as the Chaski 3in1 forum, and
the CNC Zone forum.

The capabilities of the EMCO combo machine will most likely enable a user to
fabricate nearly all of the mechanical parts required to convert the machine
to CNC.
Locating the electrical and electronic assemblies shouldn't be difficult.

The amount of information available for converting any common machine to CNC
is very vast.

WB
.........
metalworking projectswww.kwagmire.com/metal_proj.html

"Vernon" wrote in message

...



While I am fascinated by machining I have neither skill nor experience
as a machinist. *Therefore, I will appreciate your help.

I am considering buying an Emco Compact 5 lathe with mill as a gift
for my son. *I don't know what generation the machine is. *However,
this is not a CNC capable machine.

Will we regret not finding a machine that has the CNC capability? *Or
is this the appropriate place to start. *My son is studying chemistry
and has an inventor's genius.

Thanks,

Vernon- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

By way of follow-up to everybody. I was the successful bidder for the
Emco Compact 5 lathe / mill. However, bidding was stiff and I was the
only guy too dumb and hard headed to give up. I don't even know if
it's complete with all the standard essential accessories. I will
travel to pick it up early next week and will report back.

I genuinely appreciate each and every one of you for sharing not only
your knowledge, but your enthusiasm.

Regards,

Vernon

Vernon wrote:

By way of follow-up to everybody. I was the successful bidder for the
Emco Compact 5 lathe / mill. However, bidding was stiff and I was the
only guy too dumb and hard headed to give up. I don't even know if
it's complete with all the standard essential accessories. I will
travel to pick it up early next week and will report back.

I genuinely appreciate each and every one of you for sharing not only
your knowledge, but your enthusiasm.

Excellent news, Vernon.

As DoN said, you and your son are more than welcome to
pop in and share your questions and comments with the
group.

Best regards

--Winston

On Sep 28, 12:39*am, Winston wrote:
Vernon wrote:
By way of follow-up to everybody. *I was the successful bidder for the
Emco Compact 5 lathe / mill. *However, bidding was stiff and I was the
only guy too dumb and hard headed to give up. *I don't even know if
it's complete with all the standard essential accessories. *I will
travel to pick it up early next week and will report back.

I genuinely appreciate each and every one of you for sharing not only
your knowledge, but your enthusiasm.

Excellent news, Vernon.

As DoN said, you and your son are more than welcome to
pop in and share your questions and comments with the
group.

Best regards

--Winston

Thanks, Winston. I also bought an old bench mill last week. I
thought it was single phase but noooo. It's 3 phase. So now we're
looking into building or buying a phase converter. Also, your
collective wisdom about taking a machining course was well taken.
Next January my wife and I, and possibly both our sons, will enroll in
a junior college course on basic manual machining.

But until we get smart we hope to rely on yall with our dumb
questions.

Regards,

Vernon

On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:54:24 -0700 (PDT), Vernon
wrote:
snip
So now we're
looking into building or buying a phase converter.
snip
---------
Everything considered, the low price and added flexibility of a
VFD [speed control] makes this option very attractive. You can
get units with either 110 or 220 single phase in and 3 phase 220
out.

I got my L100 Hitachi from:
http://www.driveswarehouse.com/Drive...FQOeFQod5UWXEw
http://www.driveswarehouse.com/Drive...00-007MFU.html

Seem to be good people to do business with.


Unka' George [George McDuffee]
-------------------------------------------
He that will not apply new remedies,
must expect new evils:
for Time is the greatest innovator: and
if Time, of course, alter things to the worse,
and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better,
what shall be the end?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman.
Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).

Vernon wrote:

By way of follow-up to everybody. I was the successful bidder for the
Emco Compact 5 lathe / mill. However, bidding was stiff and I was the
only guy too dumb and hard headed to give up. I don't even know if
it's complete with all the standard essential accessories.

This ebay seller has the most complete listing of accessories for the
Emco 5s. He is in England but he ships here for reasonable rates.

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/barnac...Q_fromZQQ_mdoZ

On Sep 29, 3:58*pm, RB wrote:
Vernon wrote:
By way of follow-up to everybody. *I was the successful bidder for the
Emco Compact 5 lathe / mill. *However, bidding was stiff and I was the
only guy too dumb and hard headed to give up. *I don't even know if
it's complete with all the standard essential accessories.

This ebay seller has the most complete listing of accessories for the
Emco 5s. *He is in England but he ships here for reasonable rates.

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/barnac...rsZ1QQ_fromZQQ...

Thanks. Since hope springs ever eternal I continue to daydream that I
will pick up the lathe in my arms and need a forklift to load the
accessories. As soon as reality sticks its ugly beak into my fantasy
I will definitely be searching for accessories.

Vernon

Vernon wrote:
On Sep 29, 3:58 pm, RB wrote:
Vernon wrote:
By way of follow-up to everybody. I was the successful bidder for the
Emco Compact 5 lathe / mill. However, bidding was stiff and I was the
only guy too dumb and hard headed to give up. I don't even know if
it's complete with all the standard essential accessories.
This ebay seller has the most complete listing of accessories for the
Emco 5s. He is in England but he ships here for reasonable rates.

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/barnac...rsZ1QQ_fromZQQ...

Thanks. Since hope springs ever eternal I continue to daydream that I
will pick up the lathe in my arms and need a forklift to load the
accessories. As soon as reality sticks its ugly beak into my fantasy
I will definitely be searching for accessories.

If so, keep an eye on this other auction:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&mfe=sideb ar

Most of this stuff will fit your Emco, and whoever buys it will be
looking to piece it out. Wish I could afford to buy it, there's a
fortune here.

On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:47:42 -0700 (PDT), Vernon
wrote:

On Sep 29, 3:58*pm, RB wrote:
Vernon wrote:
By way of follow-up to everybody. *I was the successful bidder for the
Emco Compact 5 lathe / mill. *However, bidding was stiff and I was the
only guy too dumb and hard headed to give up. *I don't even know if
it's complete with all the standard essential accessories.

This ebay seller has the most complete listing of accessories for the
Emco 5s. *He is in England but he ships here for reasonable rates.

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/barnac...rsZ1QQ_fromZQQ...

Thanks. Since hope springs ever eternal I continue to daydream that I
will pick up the lathe in my arms and need a forklift to load the
accessories. As soon as reality sticks its ugly beak into my fantasy
I will definitely be searching for accessories.

Vernon
============
Be reminded that in many cases it is possible to make the desired
accessory. These can be enjoyable and educational projects in
and of themselves. For example see
http://mcduffee-associates.us/machining/TRAVEL~1.HTM


Unka' George [George McDuffee]
-------------------------------------------
He that will not apply new remedies,
must expect new evils:
for Time is the greatest innovator: and
if Time, of course, alter things to the worse,
and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better,
what shall be the end?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman.
Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).

On 2008-09-29, RB wrote:
Vernon wrote:

By way of follow-up to everybody. I was the successful bidder for the
Emco Compact 5 lathe / mill. However, bidding was stiff and I was the
only guy too dumb and hard headed to give up. I don't even know if
it's complete with all the standard essential accessories.

This ebay seller has the most complete listing of accessories for the
Emco 5s. He is in England but he ships here for reasonable rates.

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/barnac...Q_fromZQQ_mdoZ

Great! His first auction (#280262335339) is for the change gear
set which you may need (unless there is stuff which comes with it not
shown in the auction picture).

Lots of other good things there too -- just make sure that you
focus on things for the Compact-5, as there are others being sold there
too.

Good Luck,
DoN.

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Blue Ridge Machinery has Emco parts. I have a Compact 8 and have
purchased from them without problems, although not in the past two years
or so.

David