Brand-new offering by LMS: an 8.5"x20" bench lathe

Sorry if I necro'd an old thread. Who actually makes the LMS 8.5 X 20?
 
I think it's a Sieg, but I'm not positive. It looks like the other LMS mills and lathes are made by Sieg, though now that they are also selling Sieg machines directly (red instead of blue + cream paint), I'm less certain.
 
You are indeed correct. It's a SIEG as well as marketed under several other names throughout the world. I like it in spite of the fact that my dumb ass managed to break the power feed before it made it's first chip. Fixed now, spinning away.
 
You are indeed correct. It's a SIEG as well as marketed under several other names throughout the world. I like it in spite of the fact that my dumb ass managed to break the power feed before it made it's first chip. Fixed now, spinning away.

I nearly did the same thing on the first day by engaging the threading lever AND power feed simultaneously, despite the clear warnings not to do so in the instructions! Those first few days of owning a machine are the most perilous -- for the machine...

Scott
 
Only three things I would change: The handwheels look like cast iron (I'd rather have polished alloy), membrane buttons on the headstock may not stand up to oil and grease, and the tailstock lock is on the back instead of the front.
MS
 
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