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Originally Posted by bcr229
Yes, South Bend Big 10, an older model that was likely used in a school. It's a workhorse and will likely still be used for barrel threading by someone else long after I'm dead.
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Yeah, that is a good size for a lathe and I'm sure you can do a lot with it. Probably made in the USA before they switched over to being made in Taiwan.
Not that Taiwan made is bad. Seems the Taiwan made lathes are a step up from the Chinese made ones. But even Chinese quality has gone up the past few years for machines of this nature. Heck, I doubt any of this machinery is made in the USA any longer.
What I have been looking at is something along the lines of this guy:
https://www.toolots.com/weiss-variab...bl290f-05.html
What I've got now is a really small one, the Emco Maier compact 5.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn5lw7UdGEI
It's done OK for me, but I have had times that I couldn't do what I wanted to do because it was just too small for the job.