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Which one you buying me?
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i love how the middle one says low cost version...then the price tags says 6K+
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I need all three getting right on that :D
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Look like Precision Matthews to me, but with a higher price tag.
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baweaverpipes wrote:Look like Precision Matthews to me, but with a higher price tag.
German made instead of chinese made clones. PM's are good, but they are just same generic lathes that hundreds companies sell under different brand names. Knuth's are a little overkill for pipe making. I would also go for the PM over these.
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German made goods versus Chinese is like comparing Neiman-Marcus to Wal-Mart!
If I had the $, I would go with the Knuth..............just to be a snob.
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baweaverpipes wrote:German made goods versus Chinese is like comparing Neiman-Marcus to Wal-Mart!
If I had the $, I would go with the Knuth..............just to be a snob.
Don't waste your money, Bruce; you're already a snob.

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I don't have the funds to go for the Knuth unfortunately so Chinese make for me. :(
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This fat kid is still waiting for pictures of candy.
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Those lathes look sweet though.
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RadDavis wrote:
baweaverpipes wrote:German made goods versus Chinese is like comparing Neiman-Marcus to Wal-Mart!
If I had the $, I would go with the Knuth..............just to be a snob.
Don't waste your money, Bruce; you're already a snob.

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PremalChheda wrote:
German made instead of chinese made clones.
Apparently not. The company started out as German (but EAST German, not West, which was a significant distinction back in the day---West Germany's goods were among the best in the world, while East Germany made only "Soviet Union quality" stuff), but now Knuth is just a corporate umbrella/nameplate for machines that can be made anywhere in the world, one contract at a time.

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LatakiaLover wrote:
PremalChheda wrote:
German made instead of chinese made clones.
Apparently not. The company started out as German (but EAST German, not West, which was a significant distinction back in the day---West Germany's goods were among the best in the world, while East Germany made only "Soviet Union quality" stuff), but now Knuth is just a corporate umbrella/nameplate for machines that can be made anywhere in the world, one contract at a time.

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/ge ... rs-174801/
Wow, twice the price of PM and other similar brands.
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d.huber wrote:This fat kid is still waiting for pictures of candy.
Ask, and you shall receive:

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Well, here is the real eye Candy:

http://www.lathes.co.uk/emco/page6.html

I got the chance to use this model, and .... Heaven w/ machines!
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PremalChheda wrote:Well, here is the real eye Candy:

http://www.lathes.co.uk/emco/page6.html

I got the chance to use this model, and .... Heaven w/ machines!

Then you obviously haven't used a Myford Super 7 ;)
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caskwith wrote: Then you obviously haven't used a Myford Super 7 ;)
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Dammit I wish you guys would stop talking about and showing pictures of Myford Super 7s. I have a really bad case of lathe envy and you're not helping one bit. :banghead:
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