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Eyesight not so good so I need a Cowells lathe!
simplyloco:
I'm still getting the monthly eyeball injections, there is some improvement. My EMCO V10P is great, but I need to get closer to the work, especially small bits that I'll find on my Stuart Triple, so I took the plunge and bought a second hand Cowells 90ME on you know where. The thread title sounds like a contradiction, but I can put it at eyelevel and use a head visor.
It's 15 years old, and looks well used, but everything is adjustable, and it comes with lots of kit i.e.
Slitting saw, rear tool post, 2 front posts, 4 collets & Adaptor, 1 blank collet, die holder, fixed steady, angle plate, vertical slide and milling vice, face plate, 3 jaw chuck, 4 jaw chuck, test bar and catch plate plus other bits I don't recognise!
All at sensible money... :whoohoo:
John
Grateful Ted:
Eyeball injections can’t be much fun, but I’ve found as I get older I need to *modify* my lifestyle a wee bit.
I now need to stay off ladders, but I won’t bore you with that outcome.
That Cowells looks very capable & it’ll be great fun.
Cheers, GT
Jo:
Nice buy 8)
If your eyesight is not so good I would recommend a DRO ;)
:headscratch: Why did she come with a spare headstock? Did someone over tighten it? :noidea:
Jo
P.S. I hope you are going to replace that mains plug for one with insulated pins :zap:
simplyloco:
--- Quote from: Jo on October 17, 2022, 05:39:42 PM ---If your eyesight is not so good I would recommend a DRO ;)
:headscratch: Why did she come with a spare headstock? Did someone over tighten it? :noidea:
Jo
P.S. I hope you are going to replace that mains plug for one with insulated pins :zap:
--- End quote ---
Good advice. A whole new world is opening up!
GWRdriver:
Hello John,
Sensible money is a good thing! :ThumbsUp: I once owned an ME90, acquired for sensible money because I thought it would be good for my Gauge-1 and other small work. It was, but so was my main lathe.
The problem I had with the Cowells was power. I don't know if it was under-powered, because at any given setting belt slippage prevented 100% of the power getting to the spindle. I wrote it down to the plastic belts and felt that rubber or Brammer-type belts would have cured the problem. Other than that it was a very nice little machine. I elected to sell it off, without replacing the belts, and I later found a CW90 which better suited my needs for small work.
Harry
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