I too am not sure what you are actually asking
I have a 30 year old 16” Kerry branded Namseon.
I got it a couple years ago with very little use on it, the half nuts still had cosmoline on them.
It’s a very nice lathe, runs nice and smooth, takes a nice cut. Mine makes about .0006 taper over 12” on a 3.5” chunk of 6061(two collar test), I may be able to tweak that out with the headstock adjustment, but I don’t care that much.
Like lots of imports of this era , the paint is falling off the aluminum covers in places, but the new ones probably have better paint.
I’d love to have a brand new one , just because I take nice care of my stuff and this one has paint falling off it.
I wish it had a clutch.
A Wacheon would be top of my list, but you are pushing $40k with a couple chucks
Are you talking about a Mecca-turn 400x1000
Lathe- MECCA TURN 400 SERIES - NAMSUN HI-TECH CORP.
Here’s my older one, ignore the big rock in transit over it.
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