Re: Smithy Automate lathe review and pics
Originally Posted by
sin_arms
they didn't even seem surprised because I have the "low quality turret", well if I would of known that I would of went with a different model of machine.
Would you mine elaborating a bit? Which is the "good" turret, and which brand is the "low quality turret"? The Smithy representative here had mentioned something about a different turret, but wouldn't/didn't provide any additional information about what he meant
Originally Posted by
kadesmithy
The turret on the 1417 lathe is NOT the Pragati turret and is not built to the same standards as the pragati.
I know that Tormach swapped to a new turret manufacturer about 1 year after they started production, but no explanation was ever offered by them or any of those owning the machines. Their turrets look identical to some of the ones in the Smith machines.
Tim
Tormach 1100-3, Grizzly G0709 lathe, Clausing 8520 mill, SolidWorks, HSMWorks.