"Dominic Palazzola" wrote in message
hey leo, thanks for the response,, i did apply some lithium grease to
the drive mechanism, you say my lathe is a knock off of the jet 1236.
are you sure about this or is it the same lathe with a different
color?

Dominic,

Patent laws in other countries, specifically Taiwan and mainland China,
differ from those in the US and Canada. In the case of the PRC (China) no
patent laws exist for the most part. This fosters the tendency for one or
several companies to copy other's products, occasionally with no perceptible
differences, save color and name badges. So it may be impossible to tell if
your lathe from Harbor Freight is produced by the same company that produces
the Jet 1236. It could be the same, but more likely it's a copy produced by
someone else. That, however, does not necessarily make it inferior to the
Jet. As mentioned above some of the copies are virtually identical. I
haven't spent enough time examining the HF lathe to tell if differences
exist.

Max