Asian Import

Chinese manufacturers will produce any product you desire for a price you want.
My Asian generic 9x20 was purchased purely on price with the understanding it was an assembled kit of parts.
The first thing I did was to tear it down and clean and adjust everything I could.
I am not a trained machinist but have managed to turn out some very precise components for my projects.
I realise I am not in a production environment but there was no way I could afford a larger better quality lathe so for me it was the only way I could get into this hobby.
Thankyou cheap Chinese lathe manufacturers.
 
There is another forum for disparaging tools that aren't up to "standard". Here we try to help everyone get the results they want with the machines they have.

Cheers,

John
 
matthewsx said:
There is another forum for disparaging tools that aren't up to "standard". Here we try to help everyone get the results they want with the machines they have.

Cheers,

John
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Two thumbs up John.

Like so many before I might have bought American if they hadn't already "outsourced" and everything around here wasn't sky high, old as dirt and wore out. As a hobbyist like CSN&Y said gotta "love the one you're with".
 
I didnt like the fact he canted the blades to check them as to my way of thinking that will allow a bent blade to wander off square but in reality what do I know.
I thought to check a square you place in on a straight edge and scribe a line then flip it over to scribe another line on top of the previous line.
If they are the same the square is good.
 
Made in the US is no guarantee for quality. Purchased a new shaker made in Washington State that was a 145,000 dollar pile of junk. Had to spend two days tightening bolts and hydraulic fittings before it was useable. What is important is the company you are dealing with ,if they will stand behind their product. The company that built this has been lost in action.. Their idea of a repair of a three inch pin that was supposed to be a slip fit was to beat on it with a sledge. By from a company that has a reputation for taking care of their customers no matter where it is made.
 
I never even bothered leveling, adjusting or cleaning anything but everything I've been able to make has turned out accurate to the dimensions I wanted. Just last night I turned something in the 3 jaw chuck and then checked the run-out with an indicator, it was .0005" good enough for this hobbyist.

If it wasn't for the cheap Chinese products I'd probably never own anything in my signature because the quality equivalent of those would probably require a second mortgage not play-money.
 
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