Thanks, Rich, just the kind of information I was looking for.
Gerry
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From: Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
These are similar to Grizzly and HF and I think a couple other brands,
the Chinese ones are all made in the same factories from what I can find
out,
Just another note -- Grizzly has some fairly small mills and lathes,
there are quite a few groups that are really into these things, and they
are not that expensive. Adding in some tooling, you can get a very nice
setup of the smaller tools for $2k, and then down the line think about
adding
I don't know exactly, the Chinese stuff has sloppy bearings and screws
and stuff (sloppy being relative term to much higher priced machinery)
so the pundits say, some users tune them up a bit but they are still not
as good as the real stuff. Grizzly has a gun lathe or two in their
catalog,
On Nov 21, 2007 5:41 AM, Rich Thomas
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
These are similar to Grizzly and HF and I think a couple other brands,
the Chinese ones are all made in the same factories from what I can find
out, slightly different features on some of them. Smithy might be a bit
higher quality
Grizzly seems to have a wider range of machine tools, accessories, etc. than
Smithy, and since your friend has been satisfied with his Grizzly lathe,
that's probably who I will order from. I ordered a Grizzly catalog.
Thanks again, Rich.
Gerry
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