Knuth Lathes, better than the typical asian built?

[michaeljt]

I've been looking for a new lathe, a 12x36 or 13x40. I've checked out all the typical asian stuff, ie, Jet, Birmingham, Grizzly, HF, ect. I'm trying to find something in , quality, thats between these and say, a Myford, or Emco Maximat Super 11. The latter two being a little out of my price range. I came across Knuth Machines while surfing the internet. I contacted Knuth, and was told the two lathes I was interested in, the Basic 150 Super, and the Basic Plus, were both asian built, but that they were superior than the typical asian built machines because, production was stricly overseen at the factory, by their German engineers. Also, the lathes were given a through quality check at there Chicago warehouse, to make sure the lathes were up to there standards, before there shipped out. The two lathes that I asked about are approximately $800.00 more than the other asian lathes of the same size. I'm willing to pay a premium for a asian built lathe if it quality is better, but, I'm unsure if I'm just getting a sales pitch. Anyone there own a Knuth lathe, and what do you think of it. Mike.

[Dennis O]

Kent USA and Clark imported Asian lathes are also done to a tighter mfg standard than the usual group. They are test run and come assembled. I have a Kent 13 X 40 and am quite pleased with it.

[michaeljt]

Are Kent USA and Clark two different companys?

[dampfwilli]

Mike, save the 800 $ !!
Its marketing, not more!
Emco has very high prices for spare parts.
And i heared from a english friend that Myford will be closed in the next time. Its true or not, i cant say.
I´m happy with my Schaublin. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif"%20alt="[/img]

[Mike T.]

Thanks for the info about Emco and Myford. But, do you have any experience with the Knuth lathe ?

[JD_Brown]

Greetings:

I have seen Knuth machines at one of their showrooms, and also at the AMB metalworking show in Stuttgart, GE. Average chinese quality, extremely high prices. Not worth it, in my opinion.

Regards, Jim Brown