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Originally Posted by George C
Standard-Modern is still in business and makes great lathes from 13 to 26" including CNC versions. I believe they're still made in Canada and available in the US. They were the standard (no pun intended) lathe in many school shops for years. Loads of used ones available.
http://www.standard-modern.com/index.html
South Bend is still making lathes as well. My 9" was built in 1926 and still works well.
http://www.southbendlathe.com/ |
I remember looking at Standard Modern and the machines looked great... Other than being something like $18000 for a North American made model.
I believe South Bend is South Bend in name only. I recall that they were sold to an Asian machine tool manufacturer.