Originally Posted by KLStottlemyer
Jeff O
One of the shops I worked at had that exact machine. Renamed a Hawachieon or something close. It was a Korean import. Damn near as good as the Mori only half the cost. You have my dream machine. Damn good score.



Thanks! Yes, it is rather awesome. I had to go get it- 8 hours up, 12 hours back in the driving rain- which probably took years off my life, but it was worth it. They didn't know what they had. They mis-spelled Webb as "Web" on the Craigslist ad, which I suspect kept the dealers from noticing it long enough for me to get it.

I couldn't have done it without Dennis. He edumcated me on lathes in general, gave me the heads-up on these specific machines, and then gave me a good prod forward after this one came up and I sent him a link to it. Big time good guy!

I just grabbed the first link I saw in the post up above.... just noticed the pictures on that auction are terrible, all distorted. Here's a pic of mine, running temporarilly off the 3 HP VFD from my mill:

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Last edited by Jeff_O; 01/05/13.
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