Steve,
I was shopping on the Vicmarc Machinery website. Their address is
52 Grice Street,
Clontarf, Queensland 4019 Australia
That's why I referenced the Australian Dollar to United States Dollar exchange rate. Sorry for the confusion.
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I was shopping on the Vicmarc Machinery website. Their address is
52 Grice Street,
Clontarf, Queensland 4019 Australia
That's why I referenced the Australian Dollar to United States Dollar exchange rate. Sorry for the confusion.
Hi Jim, no confusion at all. Thanks for posting what you'd found in both messages.
I just heard back from Branches To Bowls. The USD prices on the VM 120 Shark Jaws is pretty good, for the jaws themselves. Shipping and the new import duties (Trump nixxed the sub-$800 exemption from Canada back in August, which had been part of his first term NAFTA-re-work, go figure), if I bought all 5 jaw sizes, it would be $42 to ship, and $86 in tariffs. I'd like to get the 4 sizes I don't have, but I think I'll have to scale it back to maybe 2.
Inquired on a Sunday morning, and they responded on a Sunday morning. Sweet! I think I'll budget the two largest sizes for now, and see what happens after the next election. (Boy, is that sad to say, my hobby being upset by politics.)
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I just had a great phone conversation with Ken at Branches To Bowls in Calgary, and he's sending me the 3 largest Shark jaws for the Vicmarc VM120 chuck. 83mm, 105mm, and 130mm, if I recall those numbers.
He said he's got a big Vicmarc shipment arriving this week. So if you need it, he'll probably have it. Last week Packard told me their next Vicmarc delivery would probably be mid-winter sometime. Life is short, I struck while the iron was hot and someone had the parts in stock.
He said he's got a big Vicmarc shipment arriving this week. So if you need it, he'll probably have it. Last week Packard told me their next Vicmarc delivery would probably be mid-winter sometime. Life is short, I struck while the iron was hot and someone had the parts in stock.