looks like a real nice lathe and really not a bad price
iirc someone mentioned they are made in canada or am i misremembering
or maybe they once were made in usa then canada and now china
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
1994. He was then using a General 260. Graham
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 you are maybe out of date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
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