american made general

General was a CANADIAN company with the foundry in Quebec. It was sold and became General International and the foundry (like Powermatic) was closed and all the stuff under the new brand is made in China and Taiwan. If you look at the photos, you will see a Maple Leaf flag on it. Graham

yeah the flag is why i recalled the mention here of being made in canada

and with the gap bed it is more versatile a nice lathe

About 20 years ago, I was looking into buying a table saw and I was considering either the General, then made in Canada, or the Powermatic, then made in the USA. They were of comparable quality. Now the foundries are derelict and the labels are attached to stuff from the Far East. That's globalisation or you! Graham

I started watching a video on deep hollow turning by David Ellsworth in

not sure how well robust is doing but i hear good things and it seems they are all made in the usa

so the trend is reversing a little bit here and there

The Canadian Oneway is also successful. Graham

do you or anyone here know if there is a list of equipment made in north america

a reliable list that receives regular scrutiny

in the face of competition being made at home is a strong selling point so just for that fact i would expect to see more made here

For lathes, the only ones that I know are Oneway and Robust. I think there are some small companies making turning tools (Oneway does) but the most of the best still come from Sheffield with some from Australia and NZ.

It's difficult to compete with China and Taiwan. Graham

Em... you are maybe out of date

Teknatool moved to China years ago Several of the English tool firms now make them in China

As for tools the best (in my opinion) are D-Way and Thompson, both US made Dave used M42 steel (D-Way) and Doug uses A10

For many items we still have:

both of those sites are good source of turning tools

have probably seen them before but just forgot