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RE: [Rivett-608] Spiral Attachment

 

Did’nt the compound go in the mid 300s?  A year or so ago when and if they showed up they were in the 500 range.

John


From: Rivett-608@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Rivett-608@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Nicewonger
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 5:30 PM
To: Rivett-608@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Rivett-608] Spiral Attachment

 

 


On Sep 8, 2009, at 6:22 PM, jlewismemphis wrote:

> Anyone here win the ebay bid on what some of us thought might be a
> spiral attaachment?

I didn't. But didja see the money that compound/CS went for?

--
Mike N

"If relationships were like microcontrollers I'd have patched my wife
long ago." -- Mike Hebel



Tue Sep 8, 2009 11:12 pm

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Anyone here win the ebay bid on what some of us thought might be a spiral attaachment? John L...
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Sep 8, 2009
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... I didn't. But didja see the money that compound/CS went for? -- Mike N "If relationships were like microcontrollers I'd have patched my wife long ago." --...
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Did'nt the compound go in the mid 300s? A year or so ago when and if they showed up they were in the 500 range. John _____ From: Rivett-608@yahoogroups.com...
John Lewis
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Sep 8, 2009
11:16 pm

I bought a 608 compound with the round eccentric toolpost earlier this year for $275 on eBay....
Cecil Strange
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Sep 8, 2009
11:38 pm

Cecil, Did you buy it for the toolholder? My theory is, the buyer bought it for the eccentric and the compound was free. David ... From: "Cecil Strange"...
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Sep 9, 2009
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I bought it just to have two, because the new one has much larger dials, and because I haven't ever fixed the crack in my original....
Cecil Strange
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Sep 9, 2009
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The large dials aere much nicer and in a totallt different class than the today's example How's the jig borer coming? David ... From: "Cecil Strange"...
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I haven't touched the jig borer in 5 weeks. I had to fit in a deck expansion before the rain starts. Done now but I have to make a couple of East Coast...
Cecil Strange
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Sep 9, 2009
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let me know if something comes up on that front (scraping class) very interested, but strapped for time at the moment....
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Sep 9, 2009
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Jon, It will be in Seattle, if you can get here you could stay at my house and that would save you a bit.  Concerning class cost I have to be fair and...
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Jon, I am not trying to have the last word in a thoroughly hijacked thread but I have to mention the outstanding planning David does to put on a scraping...
Cecil Strange
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I am just sad that they are all so far away. there was one in savannah, GA right before I got into machining, missed it by about 2 months....
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David, any chance you could do it in the summer (after first week of may)? I have a hard time getting away during the semester while classes are on, and...
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Cecil, I have to admit I have been distracted with the nice summer and a larger house remodel (re-construction would be more accurate) and have not done much...
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... Yes, mid $300 range. IIRC it was $361. (Too llazy to look the auction up) I understand how hard it is to get stuff for these machines, but. Um. Wow....
Mike Nicewonger
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just think of how much it would cost to have someone make things to this quality level new these days. or try and make something like that yourself and see...
jonathan byler
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I made a complete set of change gears, (everyone listed in the army manual). They are nowhere near the quality of Rivett orginals, and it took 3 hours per...
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