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MattF
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Contact this place & ask. They seem to be a main dealer of that brand.
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I believe they're the place I got the disc sanders from. The sanders seem sound enough quality, for what they are.
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I believe they're the place I got the disc sanders from. The sanders seem sound enough quality, for what they are.
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They sell different grades so some will last ten years some won’t
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Imported and made with your logo of choice in a similar way to warco, chester etc. I did look at an excel lathe out of a training school a few years ago, worked, did what it said on the tin, basically an m300 clone from the far east.
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Some time back I was working at the Gassco site, they had an Optimum lathe, brand name of Excel….looked decent, came with a dro setup on it….Excel’s website here…I didn’t use it personally, but the model they had was similar to my Sumore SP2129..
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zzr1200
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Thank you all for your input, I went to look at the lathe today, as a second or replacement lathe for my Harrison, its a 2000 year model, the original company that owned it went bust in 2009, the person selling it appears to have owned it for the last 8 year but never used it.
He has another 240 volt lathe and never converted the Excel from 3ph, it appears to be in good condition no major play the the carriage or signs of wear on the bed.
I'm now waiting for more info from the importer...
He has another 240 volt lathe and never converted the Excel from 3ph, it appears to be in good condition no major play the the carriage or signs of wear on the bed.
I'm now waiting for more info from the importer...
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Old excel gear was made in Coventry I believe, and was excellent quality. I had an Excel filing machine from the fifties or sixties and it was superbly built. Much sought after now.
zzr1200
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I believe the reason the current owner has not used the lathe is that it has a 3ph 2 speed motor motor which rules out cheap vfd's.
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My lathe has a two speed motor, on a static phase convertor it only runs on the lower speed. But with idler motor too itll run in both speeds.
But its a good reason to knock the price down if you want the lathe
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Definitely made in Taiwan this one.
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zzr1200
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Fortunately I have mains 3 phase, so that's not a problem.
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We had an Excel / Optimum lathe at the last school i worked at, plus a number of Optimum pillar drills.
The pillar drills were ok except the rise & fall mechanism was made of cheese & broke in the first week of use.
The lathe tuned out to have had no roll pins fitted in its gear selector forks when it was built, so the gears kept slipping & crashing. I fixed it for the so called engineer the "service" provider sent out. Its dials were said to be metric but could not be relied on for any accuracy. It was better than a warco but not by much.
Its lease cost to the school was £38,000 so the "service" provider was making a killing out of a machine that probably cost them well under £2000.
The pillar drills were ok except the rise & fall mechanism was made of cheese & broke in the first week of use.
The lathe tuned out to have had no roll pins fitted in its gear selector forks when it was built, so the gears kept slipping & crashing. I fixed it for the so called engineer the "service" provider sent out. Its dials were said to be metric but could not be relied on for any accuracy. It was better than a warco but not by much.
Its lease cost to the school was £38,000 so the "service" provider was making a killing out of a machine that probably cost them well under £2000.
