What do you think of this Birmingham machine

If it is Taiwan made, it should be a decent lathe and the price is reasonable. The next step is condition and tooling
 
Here are the tools that come with it:
The owner was a machinist all his life, I was told - these tools look like they have little use on them.
 

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Buy it before someone else does. Doesn't mean you can't talk him down some in price. Looks to have little use, just check for signs of any damage, and make sure it operates in all modes. Kind of a machinery desert here in CO, but things do come up from time to time. Mike
 
Hmmm, where’s matthewsx? That looks like the same make he had for a while.
 
Ps. Don't get too hung up on the name.
many of the very same machines roll out of the same factories with different badges on them
avoid the old mainland China garbage
 
Ulma Doctor said:
the price is a little high, but it looks to be in excellent shape
i have 2, 1236 lathes imported from Taiwan- they are excellent machines
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Here is an identical machine for about twice as much. I didn't give it another look when searching as it was outside of my price range. But they are the same exact model number.

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Birmingham Lathe - tools - by owner - sale

This listing is for a friend and I frankly don't know all the details of this tool, but if you're experienced with a lathe you'll recognize the brand and model. He is unable to use it any longer and...
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