Browsing through the import records at
www.importgenius.com
For the 1st 4 months of 2010, Tormach has imported 45 PC1100, 40 PC770 and 15 Duality lathes, while Smithy has imported 32 Granite machines, 45 Midas machines, 7 1240 cnc mills and 6 622 cnc mills.
Tormach has always dominated the CNC end of this market, but now their volume is exceeding even Smithy's low budget 3 in 1 sales. Interestingly, the Granite machines are again listed as " used " machines on the bill of lading.
My guess is that, on one front, Smithy is struggling in the CNC market because their image has been tied to the 3 in 1 market, and on another front, the guys like Harbor Freight and Grizzly are under pricing them there.