ENCO

[Rooter]

Who makes the machines (lathes & mills) listed on ENCO ???
Still shopping around, who new there were so many makes out there. Makes it very hard to decide.

[SGW]

I expect it varies with the machine. Enco has put together the "Enco" product line from the offerings of a number of different companies.

[x39]

I know that at least some of the lathes are manufactured by a Taiwanese company called Frejoth. I've seen these machines rebadged by several distributors through the years.

[bob308]

the large mills are taiwanese. they are coppied from the earley b-p castings with some improvements. they are heavy and ridged.
i bought one new 7 years ago run it alot never had any problems with it.
the new 9 x 42 have box ways on the y axes and that is a great step forward.

[tomb]

The 12 x 36 lathe I purchased back in 1997 was made on mainland China. Without getting into the US vs. Chinese equipment thing, all I can say is the lathe works and I haven't had any major problems. It doesn't look like they've changed the model in a dozen years and parts are available.

Tom

[Scatterplot]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by bob308:
the large mills are taiwanese. they are coppied from the earley b-p castings with some improvements. they are heavy and ridged.</font>

Ridged or rigid?

[Ken Stuempges]

I sure hope Enco does not catch on to this. I've used the free shipping for the past three months, probably will use it again this month.
Thanks to all who let us know.

Ken

[Ken Stuempges]

Whoops!

I should have posted this on another thread . .
Ken