On Apr 3, 11:00*am, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:10:49 -0500, Karl Townsend





wrote:
On Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:23:00 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

http://santabarbara.craigslist.org/tls/3675345981.html

Anyone heard of Lantaine lathes? Seems to be good things said about em
on the net.

Gunner

There's about a zillion names on those asian import lathes. All about
the same, IMHO. Tell your friend its a work in progress, with some
tweaking it will likely meet his needs.

Now for you and I, that have used REAL AMERICAN IRON, we wouldn't be
caught dead hauling this thing to the trash heap.

Just my uninformed two cents worth.

Karl

Ive been trying to find him a 9x18 SB...but they are few and far
between out here in California..when they arent worn out.

Shrug

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And that's the problem, there's a good part of the U.S. where there
ARE no machine tools to be had if they aren't new imports. There's
been no concentrations of manufacturing in the ag areas. You might
find a 60 year old example that was an abused school lathe, but the
owners are going to want a bundle. Most of the American Iron has been
out of production long enough that parts are going to be hard to find
if the beds aren't worn to the point where major overhaul or scrapping
aren't needed. A lot of that Asian iron is gear drive, not belts, has
a substantial spindle hole and modern bed design. Parts are still a
problem, though. There are only a few importers that carry a full
stock of parts, the OEMs would rather ship whole machines than boxes
of parts.

Stan