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While I agree with this completely, I know that Grizzly sells South Bend lathes... where are they manufactured?
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While I agree with this completely, I know that Grizzly sells South Bend lathes... where are they manufactured?
Thanks, but I absolutely never want the nightmare of another used lathe. I've wasted 6 months of my life that I will never get back repairing my last one, when I should have been making parts. And I don't truck, don't have a lift, so have no way of moving a used lathe. And I need metric threading at least. I know there's a lot of people here into vintage machinery, I respect that, but I just want a tool that I can use to make prototype parts, not rebuild tools.
I don't know, maybe I'll just shell out a little more and get a Precision Matthews, and have something ready to go.
ith both inch and metric dials. It is unclear whether of not they have inch or metric lead screw, but I know a complaint with the 9x19 is that it has a metric lead screw with inch dials.
Grizzly does have an 11x26 lathe for a few hundred more than the 10x22 but you would have to put a DRO on it yourself. Unclear if it is a metric with inch dials or inch with inch dials.
I've used Grizzly to get parts for my Enco 9x20 (same as their G4000) and
While I agree with this completely, I know that Grizzly sells South Bend lathes... where are they manufactured?
fair enough. I've also read of people that have wasted 6 mths of their lives fixing problems with new imports, so I guess it just depends. The requirement for native metric threading is a serious challenge though, even new Far East imports are imperial. It'll be interesting to see if Precision Matthews can source you a native metric lathe and how much it would cost. I'm guessing you've tried metric threading on your existing lathe and don't like having to leave the half nuts shut?