Thread: Oneway lathe question

Australian voltage 240V AC 50Cycles

unless you get clobbered by shipping fees I would probably keep it if it's a setup you like , a quick Aussie Google found almost no mention of this lathe , and then only in a user forum .

Bazz

I'm not aware of a Oneway importer here, but you can always ship in parts from Canada. The exchange rate is close to 1:1 so add in shipping and you'd get some idea of cost.

The voltage issue should be looked into as Termite suggests; tho I've seen pictures of Oneways in the UK that uses 240 volts so it may be just a switch to throw if you're on US voltage settings.

Hei Mathew,
You might want to check the Australian suppliers and maybe even send them a pic of your beast as it is quite possible that it's marketed here under a different name.
Glad you found the forum.
Cheers
Paul
(posting as paulco on the newsgroup)

bring your air con.
you will roast.
ptc

Who cares about the lathe??? The weather and beach is so terrific here (mostly) you'll never get round to finishing anything anyway.........

Bring it over...it'll make a nice talking piece in your shed, for when we all come over to listen to that cute way you speak .



Cheers,

P

Hello Matt,

You will need to see if it cost effective to bring the lathe over. We have locally made lathes that perform very well, Vicmarcs are manufactured just down the road from you at Redcliff (QLD) and are very nice lathes. www.vicmarc.com AND just over the water in New Zealand they make the Nova lathes.

Possibly the Vicmarc would be closest in build to the big Oneways.

All the best and hope you enjoy your stay in Auz, are you staying for good or just a while??

Peter

Hi Mat,

In the early 90's I lived in USA before returning to Australia. I had to pay for a full size container to bring my stuff home in 1996 so the extra cost of including stuff that I otherwise might have sold was not too expensive. By "stuff" I mean things like my 110V washing machine and 240V (2-phase American, not single phase Australian) dryer as well as 110V tools. Glad I did. I would have got peanuts for it if I sold it over there.

When you get here you might have to do some juggling with transformers and the like, even fitting new motors, but you'll be able to get started again much quicker using those "ton of options" already in your possession (that you'll also have to re-acquire expensively and time-consumingly if you buy new here). Even if you subsequently decide to reinvest in one of the excellent local lathes you probably won't regret bringing your existing one.

Maroochy is only an hour north of here, so when you get here why not PM me and I might be able to point you to some places who can help?

Qw

BTW: After 8 years back here my wife [not me] is still using our American clothes dryer which we converted to local current. And I have quite a lot of small tools running on 110V that I use with transformers still.

Oh no!!! The cute little monkey's been out with it's Red Crayon again!!

Originally Posted by Zed

Men are "NOT" Cute - bloody queenslanders.... ) arnt you a old time yank ????

Sorry if I've caused offence, with yet another pathetic attempt at humour!!

Even if you aren't "Cute" Mat, you'll still be welcome round here, just don't go looking for snow!!!

BTW Zed "Queensland" is spelt with a capital "Q" which of course is what people are doing so they can come and live here ....As for the yank question, well let's just say that's the unkindest cut of all! :eek:

Cheers,

P (Seppophobe)

I talked to the makers of the electronic drive and they say it's auto sensing for NA and Euro/Aus power.

Originally Posted by Termite

Australian voltage 240V AC 50Cycles

Thats what I'm hoping for

Originally Posted by ptc

bring your air con.
you will roast.
ptc

You have no idea how much I needed to hear that! I'm starting to get freaked out by this idea of moving to the other side of earth.

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

Who cares about the lathe??? The weather and beach is so terrific here (mostly) you'll never get round to finishing anything anyway.........

Bring it over...it'll make a nice talking piece in your shed, for when we all come over to listen to that cute way you speak .



Cheers,

P

Vicmark was my first choice when I was looking. The Oneway won out only because of the very limited suppliers of Vicmark in North America.

I hope to stay for good. My wife and I are holding off having kids until we get there.

Originally Posted by Little Festo

Hello Matt,

You will need to see if it cost effective to bring the lathe over. We have locally made lathes that perform very well, Vicmarcs are manufactured just down the road from you at Redcliff (QLD) and are very nice lathes. www.vicmarc.com AND just over the water in New Zealand they make the Nova lathes.

Possibly the Vicmarc would be closest in build to the big Oneways.

All the best and hope you enjoy your stay in Auz, are you staying for good or just a while??

Peter

Now you've really got me thinking. I have somewhere around $30,000 worth of tools I was looking at selling cause of the power issue. I think I'm gonna have to rethink this idea. Can you spare a few moments and give me some details about how you over came the power issue.

Originally Posted by QldWoodie

Hi Mat,

In the early 90's I lived in USA before returning to Australia. I had to pay for a full size container to bring my stuff home in 1996 so the extra cost of including stuff that I otherwise might have sold was not too expensive. By "stuff" I mean things like my 110V washing machine and 240V (2-phase American, not single phase Australian) dryer as well as 110V tools. Glad I did. I would have got peanuts for it if I sold it over there.

When you get here you might have to do some juggling with transformers and the like, even fitting new motors, but you'll be able to get started again much quicker using those "ton of options" already in your possession (that you'll also have to re-acquire expensively and time-consumingly if you buy new here). Even if you subsequently decide to reinvest in one of the excellent local lathes you probably won't regret bringing your existing one.

Maroochy is only an hour north of here, so when you get here why not PM me and I might be able to point you to some places who can help?

Qw

BTW: After 8 years back here my wife [not me] is still using our American clothes dryer which we converted to local current. And I have quite a lot of small tools running on 110V that I use with transformers still.