05-07-2019, 07:24 PM
(05-07-2019, 02:31 PM)chucketn Wrote: I bought the Stevenson blocks from Arc. Great quality, but probably made in China.
Hmmm.... I wouldn't have thought so with John being in the UK. That is, if it's the same ("Sir") John Stevenson I'm thinking of.
Maybe not since I don't know the full history on his designs. I still want to compare them and check tolerances though.
I know the bearing nut on my Iscar R-8 chuck feels much nicer than the (China) plain nut on my straight shank chuck.
Edit to add:
After looking over some older posts on another forum it does appear that Arc was the deciding factor on if and where John's designs would be produced - which could be anywhere I suppose. I just assumed they were made in the UK.
https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/...131257&p=3
Willie