Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Harrison Lathe

Hi Emile,

Do not even think about this lathe! I've been a machinist for 37 years and still counting down to retirement. Harrison lathes are very light duty, they can't a heavy cut. I know because our shop has had 2 of them bigger than the one your looking at, ie: 21 x 100 and 16 x 60. The one you are looking at is probably the 11". Don't waste your time or money unless you could get it for about 35 pounds. All English lathes are built light,German or American lathes are built to last and get the work done.

Regards,

Carl D.

On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Emile van Essen <emile@airesearch.nl> wrote:

James,

Harrison is a reasonable stable lathe.

150 pound is not much. And lathes are a good "investment" You can sell your
Myford for probably more than you get it.

To the rest: don't buy a new Chinese lathe. Better a 30 year old one from
any other country in the world!

Stability ones are Colchester, Weiler, Hembrug, Takang, Schaublin and
Cazanueve

Emile

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Van: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org
[mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] Namens James Frankland
Verzonden: donderdag 2 oktober 2008 17:43
Aan: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Onderwerp: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Harrison Lathe

Hi All.

Having just spent ages getting my own lathe fixed (Myford ML7) i have the
oppertunity to get another.

I havent seen it yet, only these pictures and it looks pretty battered.

http://guernseysubmarine.wordpress.com/

I think i've tracked it down to be a Harrison L5 Mk 3

Scroll down to the 5th picture on this site.
http://www.lathes.co.uk/harrison/page22.html

The guy wants GBP 150 for it. Not sure its even worth that, plus i'd have
to find somewhere to put it.

But, these things are scarce especially on my little island, so i'm very
tempted. Not sure on the swing until ive seen it.

What do you think? Anyone have any experience with these?
James

----- Original Message -----
From: James Frankland [mailto:james@guernseysubmarine.com]
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Sent: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:49:23 +0100
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Drug Sub Legislation

Hi All.

Another drug sub article, but this one seems to mention some new legislation
in the states?

"To boost efforts to crack down on drug-sub use, Congress last night passed
legislation making it illegal for anyone to operate a "stateless" mini-sub
on an international voyage."

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/09/drug-runners-st.html

James

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