09-03-2012, 09:40 PM
Yeah, I know you are right Ken. The problem is I don't have the proper boring bars for that. Mine has a threaded shank so I can't run it in reverse to use my standard (import) bars. In hindsight, I should have bought a one-piece boring head. 
I also had a Taiwanese boring head that I bought new. It was ok, but it had a rather course adjustment to it. I think I used it twice before deciding to get the Criterion. I recently donated the the import head and a R-8 shank to someone else with a home shop who had a boring head on their wish list but couldn't swing it. (No pun intended...)
Hopefully they will get some use out of it, and maybe pass it along when they can afford to upgrade.
I also had a Taiwanese boring head that I bought new. It was ok, but it had a rather course adjustment to it. I think I used it twice before deciding to get the Criterion. I recently donated the the import head and a R-8 shank to someone else with a home shop who had a boring head on their wish list but couldn't swing it. (No pun intended...)
Hopefully they will get some use out of it, and maybe pass it along when they can afford to upgrade.
Willie