Subject: ENCO Lathes

From: [email-masked] (James L. Kehoe III D.O.)
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 17:02:47 GMT

I've been looking for a lathe in the 12-14"x40" range.  Spindle hole
size is important and 1.5' is minimum.

I have an ENCO catalog and one of their lathes look good, spec. wise.
This is the model 110-1352 which is on sale now at 20% off catalog
price.

Anyone have any information on these lathes?  Must purchase within the
week to get the pricing..  Tech support stated all metal gears except
for one that acts as a protection to the gear train in case of over
run and shear pin failure..  Will cut left hand threads.  Made
mainland China.

Thanks,

Larry
James L. Kehoe
Ste. Genevieve, Mo.
E-MAIL [email-masked]

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From: Joseph Burnett <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 14:15:42 -0500

James L. Kehoe III D.O. wrote:
(snip)
> week to get the pricing..  

Don't be rushed into a decision to buy/not to buy the ENCO machine based
on expiration of their sale prices.  In my experience, these machines are
virtually always "on sale."  Would hate to see you rush out and buy a 
machine only to wish later you had purchased something else.  Sorry I can't
give you any info on the machine, except to say that we recently went through
the same drill, looked at MSC 12x40 and ended up buying a nice, used 10L
South Bend, 36cc., largely through the help and advise from the good folks
on this newsgroup.  Good luck.

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Joseph L. Burnett
[email-masked]

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From: Mark Winlund <[email-masked]>
Date: 12 Dec 1996 04:12:07 GMT

At the risk of starting another battle royale, I'd say wait a while... like 50 
years. Enco is not noted for their service, quality, or anything else.

Regards, Mark

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From: "Steven O. Smith" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 18:53:27 GMT

> Larry

Or wait until next month..they run these sales constantly.

-- 
Steven O. Smith
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From: Jim Dincau <[email-masked]>
Date: 11 Dec 1996 20:58:41 GMT

> run and shear pin failure..  Will cut left hand threads.  Made
     Hi Larry, I have one and am satisfied with it. I use it to
support my hot rod and gun hobbys. I bought it six months ago and so
far have used it for brake disks, axles, barrel crowning (for which
I fabricated and threaded a spider to fit in the back of the spindle).
Next project is some mods to a 4 cyl eng. crank for the hot rod.
Only one problem so far, one of the oilers (ball with a spring)
behind it, on the cross slide fell in so I will some day have to fix
that. Other than that it's been neat. I served a 4 year tool and die
maker apprenticship at Lockheed in the 60s, I saw all kinds of machine
tools in various states of repair (or disrepair). While the China
made machine tools have some drawbacks the ones one my lathe seem to
be mostly cosmetic and it is certanly better than some of the worn out
junk I had to use back then.
      Retired, sipping a cup of coffee and looking at the rain clouds
in the foothils of the Antelope valley from my garage door.
Jim Dincau

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From: Paul Pierce <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 19:53:13 -0700

> [email-masked] (James L. Kehoe III D.O.) wrote:

I bought the 13x36 gearhead last year for delivery two months later
in order to get in on the sale price.  They started to get a bit 
uptight when I didn't want to take delivery (although it was paid for)
for a couple of months.  I had made that arrangement at the time of
purchase.  The darn thing was still on sale 6  months later......

> A suggestion, don't be stampeded by a sale price expiration
> date.  There will be another one, soon.  Make sure it is
> what you want.
> 
> There is no "right" price for the "wrong" product.
> 
> Fitch

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From: Paul Pierce <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 19:54:41 -0700

> [email-masked] (James L. Kehoe III D.O.) wrote:
Excuse my last post - it was a 12x36

Checkout the FAQ at:

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From: [email-masked] (Fitch R. Williams)
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 05:55:51 GMT

Fitch

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From: [email-masked]
Date: 12 Dec 1996 20:07:11 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, Mark Winlund
<[email-masked]> writes:

>At the risk of starting another battle royale, I'd say wait a while...
like
>50 

Can't agree here, they are slow in shipping but everything I have bought
>from  them has worked as expected. I have one of their Tapmatic clones and
it is in production use and works flawlessly.

As to service they have responded admirably when I have had a problem and
if stuff is on back order they don't charge freight when they eventually
send the stuff. I have had three deliveries for one order, but just the
one charge for freight. That spells service to me.

The R8 collet set I bought also has been great, good quality great price.

Thjis may not indicate much about the lathe QC but I have found them to be
quite good, albeit a little slow.

Peter

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From: [email-masked]
Date: 12 Dec 1996 20:07:14 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Fitch R.

>date.  There will be another one, soon.  Make sure it is

Enco will match advertised prices for the same products. Just tell the
sales person and fax them the ad.

Peter

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From: Elliot Burke <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 09:49:51 -0800

> years. Enco is not noted for their service, quality, or anything else.
I have a small 6x30 Enco lathe, bought about 5 years ago.  Have been
very happy with it.  None of the horror stories that I've read about
happened to me.  
A gear axle needed remachining, and the thing could use more horsepower,
but it works find for cutting close diameter parts and threading, which
is what it does most days.

Elliot Burke
HighTide Instruments
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