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[bguinn]

Anyone know about these? I assume it's yet another private label 14*40 from Taiwan, but I can't tell if it cuts metric threads or even if its Taiwanese? Any idea what this might be identical to? Thanks

 

[coolidge]

Anyone know about these? I assume it's yet another private label 14*40 from Taiwan, but I can't tell if it cuts metric threads or even if its Taiwanese? Any idea what this might be identical to? Thanks

Looks like a Takisawa 14 inch

 

[Dabbler]

@bigunn it shares some characteristics with a Colchester Student, and a Takisawa. Pictures of all the badges and plates would be helpful.

Although they make great machinery as a rule, Taiwanese manufacturers used tto often omit manufacturer, and sometimes country - this most often happened in the 1980s. After the late 90s, Contry and manufacturere was always badged.

I have never seen a genuine Japanese lathe that didn't have a prominent "Made in Japan" tag on it, and usually in more than one place.

Lathes.co.uk is another place to look for similar machines.

 

[bguinn]

Thanks for the replies. The mystery continues, since its located 2.5 hours from me I am trying to decide if it's a good fit before I drive that far. Anyway, talking to the owner he says it was made in Korea, which I think narrows it down to just a few manufactures that were imported into the US in the era this lathe seems to be from (late 70 or 80s I guess). All of them seem to be well regarded. It does look a lot like a Takasawa but it's clearly not one, nor an identical clone.

 

[Turnaround]

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My CQ6236 lathe. rebadged GH1440. missing a few things like steady and follow rest. Also all the change gears. Chinese dealer doesn't sell parts. Warco can't be bothered to answer email. So I'll keep looking, especially for the change gears.

My 1440 came from Harbor Freight about twenty years ago. Here is the manual that came with it.

 

[Turnaround]

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My CQ6236 lathe. rebadged GH1440. missing a few things like steady and follow rest. Also all the change gears. Chinese dealer doesn't sell parts. Warco can't be bothered to answer email. So I'll keep looking, especially for the change gears.

Here is the manual that came with my Harbor Freight 14 40 about twenty years ago. I know mine uses a D1-4 Chuck mount.