Mebfab
Diamond
- Joined
- Jun 7, 2003
- Location
- Mebane North Carolina USA
Been looking at HBM's. Smallish machines, maybe 4-6' tables. Found that many of the US built machines do not have a tailstock but do have a MT spindle. Foreign built seem more likely to have a tailstock and occasionally a NMTB spindle.
Question is, are the US machines just older so have had more time to "loose" the outboard? or was it an option when new?
And on a side note, some sellers are insane. ww2 vintage machine at over $20K Boring Mill Horizontal Table Type 2.5" Giddings & Lewis Model RT-25 | eBay
Question is, are the US machines just older so have had more time to "loose" the outboard? or was it an option when new?
And on a side note, some sellers are insane. ww2 vintage machine at over $20K Boring Mill Horizontal Table Type 2.5" Giddings & Lewis Model RT-25 | eBay