06-22-2012, 05:53 AM
Hello Ron,
It's one of those machines that just feels good to use, sure there are times when it is a little "heavy" like making con rods for model engines but I used it for making petrol and Diesel fuel injector parts and they are even smaller, it's just that you can't feel the cutting forces in that scale, which can lead to tool breakages if you're not careful, It'd be nice to have a little Sieg or something like that for the really fiddly stuff, in the back ground my old 9x42 BP copy is almost visible, it was just small enough to be comfortable around the tiny work, but It couldn't cut big gears or splines like the Gate does 2" x 10 teeth square spline, in EN24 cut in two passes, one roughing and one finish pass per tooth. Cutting High alloy steel is like cutting Aluminium or bronze on the BP.
Best Regards
Rick
It's one of those machines that just feels good to use, sure there are times when it is a little "heavy" like making con rods for model engines but I used it for making petrol and Diesel fuel injector parts and they are even smaller, it's just that you can't feel the cutting forces in that scale, which can lead to tool breakages if you're not careful, It'd be nice to have a little Sieg or something like that for the really fiddly stuff, in the back ground my old 9x42 BP copy is almost visible, it was just small enough to be comfortable around the tiny work, but It couldn't cut big gears or splines like the Gate does 2" x 10 teeth square spline, in EN24 cut in two passes, one roughing and one finish pass per tooth. Cutting High alloy steel is like cutting Aluminium or bronze on the BP.
Best Regards
Rick
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