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Default american made general

On 10/4/2016 4:22 PM, Electric Comet wrote:

looks like a real nice lathe and really not a bad price

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv...812563729.html

what is the thing with all the knobs in the small photo


iirc someone mentioned they are made in canada or am i misremembering

or maybe they once were made in usa then canada and now china




General was a CANADIAN company with the foundry in Quebec. It was sold
and became General International and the foundry (like Powermatic) was
closed and all the stuff under the new brand is made in China and Taiwan.
If you look at the photos, you will see a Maple Leaf flag on it.
Graham