Lathe/Mill

[toolman1951]

I know there are several of you looking for machines to work on your projects. I came across this company from a catalog they sent to our company. Check out this site and look at the small lathes with the mill attachments. Price isn't to bad and they look like quality machines.
www.knuth.de/v1/frameset_usa.htm

[steamingspud]

Hey Toolman,
Do you know anyone who's had experience with this brand of equipment? Personally, I like the pieces, but I've had problems with foreign brand equipment. Which isn't to say most good quality machines don't come foreign, since thats where most new equipment comes from but I wouldn't invest in one of these unless I knew someone who had operated one. If you know someone who uses this brand, let me know, I'd seriously look into it. Great link though.
Steamingspud

[toolman1951]

I haven't used or even seen any of their equipment but I did have a machinery salesman tell that he had heard their machines are pretty good. They are a German company. I really don't think you could go wrong with their machines. I think they will be much better quality then some of the southeast asian stuff that's being imported.

[AndrewP]

They look exactly like the Chinese imports sold here in the UK by several suppliers. I don't know what added value Knuth put on them but those prices look dear to me since import kit in the US is usually a lot less than the same kit here.

[toolman1951]

Even though I have a machine shop with just about any type of machine you could want, I find it difficult to get any thing done on my train projects. I've been toying with the idea of getting a small lathe/mill combo for home. I think I could get more done on my projects at home in the evening or on the weekends. I'd like some advice on what everyone else has in the way of machinery. Brand name, cost, size, how well it functions, those type of questions. I appreciate your input!

[Harlock]

Toolman: Home is the key. That way you can be in your shop, but also a step away from your family. I promised my fiance I would put the shop in the garage rather than at a separate workspace nearby. I find that if something isn't constantly in front of me, I'll forget about it anyhow. When it's at home, every time you take the trash out you're reminded it's there.

[toolman1951]

You're right. As business owner, I spend a lot of hours in that place and after the employees go home, it's late in the day and I just don't feel like hanging around. Plus my wife is always after me for spending so much time at work. Also, to be honest with you, I can't operate our CNC lathe and I just don't have the time to learn. I thought that having a small lathe/mill combo at home would solve a lot of problems. Has anyone bought one of those types of machines?

[toolman1951]

Got a new Enco Catalog in the mail today. They've got a few nice looking lathes in there. One is only $425.95. Check them out on www.use-enco.com March hot deals.