Oddly, it's grain size in the castings which gave us fits with Grizzly stuff
at school. Castings were apparently quick-cooled versus properly annealed,
and they broke in _huge_ crystals.

Maybe that's one of the shortcuts that makes apparent clones different?

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If you look closely at many name brand tools, you will find they are
just
about twins of each other, with a few cosmetic changes. It seems that
these
days a lot of tools are made to the same design, probably in the same
overseas factory. I have a hard time believing that having a specific
brand
name on a product makes it work any better.
OTOH, there are times when you get what you pay for.


Oh yeah? Take a look through these links of tools made by Oneway.
With the steel grain structure they profess... awesome. Snobbery not
intended, just impression. http://www.oneway.on.ca/tools/index.htm
But if I were beginning turning and at my financial level I would go
to HF, even for the lathe.

Alex