05-08-2020, 09:59 AM
(05-08-2020, 08:50 AM)Slack Alice Wrote: Spares might be available in a year or so.....I'm often asked which lathe, milling machine, bandsaw etc to buy. Having made some suggestions I tell the potential buyer, before parting with your money, ask if the machine can be supplied complete with some essential spare parts e.g. a cross-feed screw and nut; a couple of spare toothed drive belt (notoriously difficult to source); replacements for the plastic handwheels, etc. If they can't, don't bother - you're dealing with a box-shifter and not a proper machine-tool merchant.