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I always thought lathes should be named by price

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I always thought lathes should be named by price

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I always thought lathes should be named by price

john Lucas

So the Powermatic 3520B should be 3999.00

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Don Orr

That would be good for the Jet 1642 but maybe not for the jet 1442. ;) :D

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They'd have to reprint the brochures

Dick Coers

Every few years when the price went up, the name would change.

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robo hippy

Along the same lines, I have always thought that the bandsaws should have numbers corresponding to height of cut and depth of throat, my little PM would be a 6-14....

robo hippy

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I would have been very happy if........

JamieDonaldson

... my Stubby 750 had been $750!

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#6

Ha Ha, more like 7,500 


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Boy howdy!

Dick Coers

I'd have even been happy with a $2,436 Oneway! But it was a lot closer to what I paid in 1998 compared to today.