Thread: Touch screen??
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05-10-2020 #21-use common sense, if you lack it, there is no software to help that.
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05-10-2020 #22
I have come to realise that the Chinese mini-lathe is basically a set of parts from which it is possible to construct a usable lathe if you put in enough time and effort. It's the old triangle of COST, TIME, QUALITY. Fix one and the other two are inversely proportional. I couldn't afford even a Myford anyway. Retirement is getting closer (I now know the address of my future 6m sq workshop in Tasmania) so I might get to begin work on it sometime next year.
An optimist says the glass is half full, a pessimist says the glass is half empty, an engineer says you're using the wrong sized glass.
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05-10-2020 #23
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05-10-2020 #24
Is the working population of Australia , progressively retiring to Tasmania??
I suppose there are few decent british lathes coming available there, so you need to trade with near neighbours and then try to make a silk purse .
I never thought much of Myford though and cant see why they have such high asking prices.
For a well equipped and compact lathe I would have gone for Boxford AUD but even they are now so sought after that their prices are overtaking Myford, Even the poorly equipped TUD models are probably a better platform on which to build a CNC version.
MY Bantam is too precious to break down though. I couldnt be without it for the months it would take me to convert and get used to using.
So Back to my TCL so I can try to make it work reasonably.Last edited by John11668; 05-10-2020 at 07:01 PM.
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06-10-2020 #25
Quite a few of us. Having suffered 12 summers with New Year temperatures around 45C and the property prices still (for a short while anyway) being so low if you avoid Hobart it's the perfect place for us. Tasmania is a bit like the England you wish England was like.
KitAn optimist says the glass is half full, a pessimist says the glass is half empty, an engineer says you're using the wrong sized glass.
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08-10-2020 #26
So what I take from this is that touch screens and Dedicated controllers all have some issues which could add complications to my TCL conversion. And I dont need those at this stage.
So back to that thread. My thoughts are to get the machine working on a software I am familiar with, then convert to a better software for lathe.
Keyboard options are in the future at this stage but thanks to all for your thoughts.
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09-10-2020 #27
John,
You don't have to use the latest technology, but you should always use an appropriate technology. Sometimes there's no substitute for a real button with real wires.An optimist says the glass is half full, a pessimist says the glass is half empty, an engineer says you're using the wrong sized glass.
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