Reviving this thread. Some interesting Euro machines from a recent trip. First, this Lobo bandsaw. If it didn’t have the badging, I would swear it was Italian. In fact, Meber if I had to guess. Yet, it apparently is US-made? Dave or you other OG’s, any thoughts?...
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Here, we have a SAC Sueri FS-305. This was interesting to me because “FS” in my experience, is always “jointer/planer”. The “S” being “spessore”, or thicknesser, in Italian. Yet, this was a straight-up jointer. See the ends of the parallelogram rods? In the legit shop style, no safety guards...
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Another machine which I pegged for Italian from across the shop but apparently is a Wadkin. Any of you OG’s know if Wadkin ever sourced out their sliders from someone else? Could also be German. Had a cold-scraped cast iron table and notice the slider bearing system, which appears to be the wheels like Altendorf...
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Lastly, hello gorgeous...
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