What's the opinion of the $35 quill kits that are all over
ebay? Are they pretty good, or at least better than a poke
in the eye with a sharp stick?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=
3833610985

Ned Simmons

--Tried the link and got a "no longer in the database" message.

--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : When did 'Pledge Week'
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : turn into 'Pledge Month'?
http://www.nmpproducts.com/intro.htm
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

steamer writes:

Tried the link and got a "no longer in the database" message.

Correct link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3833610985

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:13:29 -0400, Ned Simmons
vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

remove ns from my header address to reply via email

When given the choice between a poke in the eye etc and Ebay, I always
ask the poker "Do you cost me?" If so, Ebay _might_ win.

What's the opinion of the $35 quill kits that are all over
ebay? Are they pretty good, or at least better than a poke
in the eye with a sharp stick?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=
3833610985

Ned Simmons

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Marriage. Where two people decide to get together so
that neither of them can do what they want to because
of the other one.

--Oh, one of those. Wast of money; that's why I invented these:
http://www.nmpproducts.com/nmp01.htm

--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : When did 'Pledge Week'
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : turn into 'Pledge Month'?
http://www.nmpproducts.com/intro.htm
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

In article ,
says...
--Oh, one of those. Wast of money; that's why I invented these:
http://www.nmpproducts.com/nmp01.htm



Cute-I've run turret lathes and chuckers with pointers like
that on the dials. One had a couple pointers numbered to
correspond to the turret stations. But I'm talking about a
readout for the quill, not the knee.

I can't justify the $180 the Mitutoyo version sells for,
but would spring for $35 if it's not a total POS.

Ned Simmons

Ned Simmons writes:

I can't justify the $180 the Mitutoyo version sells for,
but would spring for $35 if it's not a total POS.

Given the passable quality of the $20 import digital calipers, it seems
believable.

I bought one of those for use as a cross-slide readout on my lathe.
Works OK, but....

If I ever get water based coolant on the thing, it stops reading for
about a day while it dries out. Not good.


Neil

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:24:46 -0500, Richard J Kinch
wrote:

Ned Simmons writes:

I can't justify the $180 the Mitutoyo version sells for,
but would spring for $35 if it's not a total POS.

Given the passable quality of the $20 import digital calipers, it seems
believable.

In article ,
says...
I bought one of those for use as a cross-slide readout on my lathe.
Works OK, but....

If I ever get water based coolant on the thing, it stops reading for
about a day while it dries out. Not good.



That's not likely to be a problem for me with the readout
mounted up on the head of the mill. I'll report back if I
decide to try one.

Ned Simmons