JHOLLAND1
Titanium
- Joined
- Oct 8, 2005
- Location
- western washington state
stumbled upon video of lathe clearly identifiable as cazeneuve HBX 360 but labeled Romi HBX
presenter notes machine was purchased new 1972 by his father--rebuild by Romi SA--Brazil 2021
he is located in Brazil and extols virtues of this turning machine--which has been stripped of all
plates and badges proclaiming its french maker
having obtained my second HBX 360 3 weeks ago I note era of machine in this video consistent with
generation 1--iron frame/bed casting with hydraulic reeves drive replaced by frequency drive--a modification
I performed in 1998 on my prior HBX--build year 1984--a weldment frame with less substantial bed--a generation 2 unit
to my knowledge Cazeneuve never licensed Romi SA to produce machine clones and given french predeliction
will exhibit apoplexy upon awareness of stripped identity of a cultural icon manifest as the HBX
presenter notes machine was purchased new 1972 by his father--rebuild by Romi SA--Brazil 2021
he is located in Brazil and extols virtues of this turning machine--which has been stripped of all
plates and badges proclaiming its french maker
having obtained my second HBX 360 3 weeks ago I note era of machine in this video consistent with
generation 1--iron frame/bed casting with hydraulic reeves drive replaced by frequency drive--a modification
I performed in 1998 on my prior HBX--build year 1984--a weldment frame with less substantial bed--a generation 2 unit
to my knowledge Cazeneuve never licensed Romi SA to produce machine clones and given french predeliction
will exhibit apoplexy upon awareness of stripped identity of a cultural icon manifest as the HBX
