Wished I was able to put my eyeballs on a B'ham lathe when I was
looking for a lathe a few years back..coud have gotten a lathe that
was jusr as gopod as the JET and saved a lot of $$ in the process. At
that time I was not familiar with them, and for the most part not too
many others seemed to have seen em either, as feedback on them was
almost non-existent, but from what my JET looks like and the B'ham, I
would have no problems buying B'ham over a JET. As to folks saying you
get a better quality machine if you buy JET over Grizzley, Grizzley
over B'ham, B'ham over HF etc etc, BULL****! One is not any better or
made with closer tolerances than the other is IMHO.....its pot luck
with any of the import crap out there........some is super, some is
boat anchor material...Best to put your eyeballs on the exact machine
your wanting to buy than going into it blind..........with any of the
imports.

I know a lot of folks now with B'ham, and they are alll satisfied. One
fellow even has B'ham mills and lathes in a fairly new machine shop
used daily turning out a living, and they have been working just fine.
I'd certainly take a chance with one. More bang for the buck than the
other major import players IMHO.


On 09 Jan 2005 05:32:23 GMT, (RWatson767) wrote:

===I would like any comments on Birmingham lathes. Either the 12x36 or the 13X40.
===
===Thanks
===Bob AZ

Bob,

I have a Birmingham 12 x 36 in Tempe, AZ if you want to take a close
look at one.

Bart
--
Bart D. Hull

Tempe, Arizona

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for my Subaru Engine Conversion
Check http://www.inficad.com/~bdhull/fuselage.html
for Tango II I'm building.

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Huey Conway wrote:
Wished I was able to put my eyeballs on a B'ham lathe when I was
looking for a lathe a few years back..coud have gotten a lathe that
was jusr as gopod as the JET and saved a lot of $$ in the process. At
that time I was not familiar with them, and for the most part not too
many others seemed to have seen em either, as feedback on them was
almost non-existent, but from what my JET looks like and the B'ham, I
would have no problems buying B'ham over a JET. As to folks saying you
get a better quality machine if you buy JET over Grizzley, Grizzley
over B'ham, B'ham over HF etc etc, BULL****! One is not any better or
made with closer tolerances than the other is IMHO.....its pot luck
with any of the import crap out there........some is super, some is
boat anchor material...Best to put your eyeballs on the exact machine
your wanting to buy than going into it blind..........with any of the
imports.

I know a lot of folks now with B'ham, and they are alll satisfied. One
fellow even has B'ham mills and lathes in a fairly new machine shop
used daily turning out a living, and they have been working just fine.
I'd certainly take a chance with one. More bang for the buck than the
other major import players IMHO.


On 09 Jan 2005 05:32:23 GMT, (RWatson767) wrote:


===I would like any comments on Birmingham lathes. Either the 12x36 or the 13X40.
===
===Thanks
===Bob AZ