13x40 Asian lathe ID parts source? HELP!

LuJon

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I purchased this lathe thinking it was an early grizzly G4003 but it appears to be "something else". I thought maybe an Enco but can't confirm
It's a 1999 but no manufacturer listed.
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I have been going through it and have found a few parts that need replaced/repaired. It needs a new cross-slide handle but I can Fab one up.
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The biggest issue is the compound. I only got the bottom piece where it mounts to the cross-slide. I thought I could just buy the grizzly parts to finish it but they don't match up. The compound cross-slide is not the same dimensions as the base that came with my machine.

My Hope is to just find a good used compound assembly or get someone to measure a G4003 compound base and see if it would just bolt right on.
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Looks like a Birmingham or Jet lathe. Most of those machines were made at the same factory. Look all over the machine for a serial number or tags to help track it down.
 
It has all the right levers in all the right positions to be a G4003 (in the paint job of a G4003G).
 
If you can't find your compound parts right away you could make a plinth and use it 'till get your parts. It's a useful mod in it's own right.
 
I also have the an enco 1351 and visually it looks identical. The paint looks like jet. I would not order any parts without measuring and talking to the parts tech.
 
The width at the top of the cross slide dove tail is 2.843 on my G4003G
The width at the top of the cross slide itself is: 4.892
 
AS mentioned by other folks. Looks exactly like my 2004 13x40 Enco lathe.
 
A while back I actually purchased the upper 1/2 of the cross slide for like $126 from grizzly and while it fits the dovetail it is offset so the axis of rotation would be off. The complete compound assembly is $460 shipped but out of stock. I'd place an order for it but I'm not sure if the bolt pattern will fit where it is screwed down to the cross slide.

Here is the Grizzly upper 1/2 of the slide fitted to my lower 1/2.
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