09-12-2013, 07:07 AM
I do agree with Rick here regarding "golden age" stuff and Asian machines, to a degree.
Let's just be sure we're talking about the quality of a given machine and not just the country of origin. Just as an example there was a time when a Yuasa product was far better than its US Made Palmgren, yet a US made Suburban or Moore tool would have outshined both of those by orders of magnitude. The same applies to machinery. My 1974 vintage Asian (Taiwan) lathe is more robust than many of the American contemporaries of it's time.
Let's just be sure we're talking about the quality of a given machine and not just the country of origin. Just as an example there was a time when a Yuasa product was far better than its US Made Palmgren, yet a US made Suburban or Moore tool would have outshined both of those by orders of magnitude. The same applies to machinery. My 1974 vintage Asian (Taiwan) lathe is more robust than many of the American contemporaries of it's time.