In reply to Post #39
You will think im mad then as ive just paid £700 just to have a watch serviced. If i had a big win on the lottery i could easily spend well over 250k on watches.
You will think im mad then as ive just paid £700 just to have a watch serviced. If i had a big win on the lottery i could easily spend well over 250k on watches.
In reply to Post #46
Years ago I took a 10 year old Heuer into a jewellers for a service, they wanted more than I'd paid for the watch (I bought it new from the same jeweller)
Years ago I took a 10 year old Heuer into a jewellers for a service, they wanted more than I'd paid for the watch (I bought it new from the same jeweller)
In reply to Post #47
Yes its not cheap.
Yes its not cheap.
In reply to Post #43
In reality its nothing that a DIY'er couldn't do at home on a lathe.
In reality its nothing that a DIY'er couldn't do at home on a lathe.
In reply to Post #49
Yes but add in the cost of buying the lathe and running it and the cost of learning how to use it you may end up with a different cost. How many people know how to sharpen a lathe cutting tool. Or how much coolant is needed when cutting?
Yes but add in the cost of buying the lathe and running it and the cost of learning how to use it you may end up with a different cost. How many people know how to sharpen a lathe cutting tool. Or how much coolant is needed when cutting?
In reply to Post #49
Thats probably the silliest reply ive heard on here in all the years ive been on the forum. I spent a lot of time on a lathe during my engineering apprenticeship with rolls royce when I left school and i wouldnt want to attempt to turn a bankstick on a lathe.
Thats probably the silliest reply ive heard on here in all the years ive been on the forum. I spent a lot of time on a lathe during my engineering apprenticeship with rolls royce when I left school and i wouldnt want to attempt to turn a bankstick on a lathe.
In reply to Post #49
I know nothing about tackle manufacturing but I'd very much doubt any of the commercially available Bankware is produced in a Lathe.
I'd guess it's all just Tubing bought in tube and “some” of the fittings produced on site and assembled.
In particular JAG Excavators I'd guess the Buzzer Attachment, Point and the locking Lever are produced on site, the Aluminium Tube and Carbon Insert bought in.
I know nothing about tackle manufacturing but I'd very much doubt any of the commercially available Bankware is produced in a Lathe.
I'd guess it's all just Tubing bought in tube and “some” of the fittings produced on site and assembled.
In particular JAG Excavators I'd guess the Buzzer Attachment, Point and the locking Lever are produced on site, the Aluminium Tube and Carbon Insert bought in.
In reply to Post #52
My 10” excavator are made from solid 316 bar as the point is part of the main shaft and not pinned into place like my 15 inch ones.
My 10” excavator are made from solid 316 bar as the point is part of the main shaft and not pinned into place like my 15 inch ones.
In reply to Post #42
Got one in 2005 for £2800, not a bad return on investment if I sold it now :-)
Got one in 2005 for £2800, not a bad return on investment if I sold it now :-)
In reply to Post #54
👍🏻 nice little profit sitting there.
👍🏻 nice little profit sitting there.
In reply to Post #55
Yep, amazing really. Wouldbe nowhere near that if the money had sat in the bank!
Even the waiting list for a new one is closed now, crazy!
Yep, amazing really. Wouldbe nowhere near that if the money had sat in the bank!
Even the waiting list for a new one is closed now, crazy!
In reply to Post #56
Yes been on the waiting list for a deep sea for over two years and still waiting. More chance of finding a pot of gold and a leprechaun at the end of a rainbow.
Yes been on the waiting list for a deep sea for over two years and still waiting. More chance of finding a pot of gold and a leprechaun at the end of a rainbow.
In reply to Post #57
In reply to Post #53
That's weird, I have a pair of 10” Excavators and they're Aluminium Tube, the extending part are Carbon with an Aluminium Machined top.
That's weird, I have a pair of 10” Excavators and they're Aluminium Tube, the extending part are Carbon with an Aluminium Machined top.
In reply to Post #51
The silliest reply?
You'd buy solid bar as it is, you really think it's that hard to turn something out on a lathe I suggest you carry out a little more training as it's basics within an engineering apprenticeship.
The silliest reply?
You'd buy solid bar as it is, you really think it's that hard to turn something out on a lathe I suggest you carry out a little more training as it's basics within an engineering apprenticeship.