On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:45:33 +0000, David Billington
wrote:

I couldn;t see any mention of where they are manufactrued on that web
site but this one lists a number of the same Birmingham lathes as made
in China http://www.americanmachinetools.com/lathe.htm


Birmingham lathes are made in China, or Taiwan, depending on model.
They are basiclly no more than a rebadged Red Dragon Noodle and
Machine Tool Works machine. Not bad. Not great..but a decent machine.
They tend to wear a bit in 15-20 yrs..more so than good American iron
in production usage. But they are decent enough to do good work with,
and are found in a number of commercial machine shops. Same with the
mills with the same badge. The same mills may be found badged as
Comet etc etc..and the lathes under MCM and other names

They are NOT British made. Perhaps ..and likely..there was a
Birmingham Machine works in Britian at one time..but no longer.


Gunner, machine tool repair tech

Gary wrote:

Check out Southern-tool.com



By this do you mean a new lathe 13 x 40 size made in the UK, I would
doubt it. Probably just a Chinese or Taiwanese made lathe sold by a
company called Birmingham.


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