robmc
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Dec 22, 2009
- Location
- Rhode Island, USA
What was the last year that the Leblond Makino regal style lathes (basically the 1530, 1536, etc. size range) were built? Was there any year or years when the quality changed...... such as production in a different country, etc. or did it remain pretty much unchanged? The servo shift option has received some negative comments over time, yet it seems instead of dropping it, they continued offering it up to the end.... when ever that was. Did they make improvements to it, so that the later ones were better? It seems that the servo shift outnumbered the regular gear head lever machines, just going by what's available in the used market but maybe people hang on to the basic lever machines....... I don't know. Is the servo shift bad enough to be a deal breaker in purchasing one or is it reasonably easy to work on and fix? Any comments or info would be welcome! Thanks!
Rob
Rob