On Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 2:25:23 PM UTC-5, Electric Comet wrote:

found rikon and woodfast mentioned as if they are the same


I think they are the same. Like Powermatic/Jet are the same. Woodfast used to be a real made in Australia company on par with Vicmarc lathes. Different lathes, but they were pretty similar in being 20 or 24 swing and 36 length fixed headstock lathes. The traditional old style lathes. Both were sort of similar to Delta and Powermatic in the USA. Old time companies that started 50 to 100 years ago. Now Woodfast is no more really. It may still have machines with its name on it, but they are all made in China now. Not Australia. And the name is owned by a Chinese company.