WHICH ONE???

[Incogneeto]

Boss of mine is wanting an Opinion on choosing between two Lathes.

Please throw in your .02

Tsugami M08SY turning center with Back Spindle and Y axis

Takisawa TCY-200 twin spindle Y Axis

I have worked with Tsugami's and Run their Swiss Style Machines. And Like their Controls.

But No experience with a Takisawa. Controls look very Busy.

Concerned about overwhelming operators also.

[Guest]

I suspect this is really an apples vs oranges comparison....

Tsugami is a well respected MTB.....I am guessing, I've never heard of them before, Takisawa is a Chinese knock-off....

Tsugami is almost certainly the better day in/day out machine

 

[gcode]

I owned a Takisawa 8" slant bed chucker about 30 years ago

Bought it new and ran the cr@p out of it... 24 hrs a day 6 days a week for about 15 years.

I sold out in 2001.. As far as I know it is still running today

It was a simple and solid machine... money well spent

That has very little bearing on a new twin spindle Y axis 30 years later though

[specv]

On 8/15/2017 at 10:47 AM, gcode said:

I owned a Takisawa 8" slant bed chucker about 30 years ago

Bought it new and ran the cr@p out of it... 24 hrs a day 6 days a week for about 15 years.

I sold out in 2001.. As far as I know it is still running today

It was a simple and solid machine... money well spent

That has very little bearing on a new twin spindle Y axis 30 years later though

Same here, we had a 6 inch chuck lathe and it ran everyday for 20+ years. Be careful though, they have the higher end machines, which are made in Japan. The lower end of the spectrum they are made in Taiwan. If you you are comparing a Taiwan made machine to the Tsugami it would be apples and oranges.

[GoetzInd]

I would go more Twards Tsugami. Very nice machines. Support would play a major factor for me though.

 

Mike

[Incogneeto]

Thank you for the input. All of you.

[YoDoug®]

25 minutes ago, Incogneeto said:

Thank you for the input. All of you.

Did you end up buying one?

We just sold our first of the latest version of the M08SY that comes with an integrated Gantry loaded and part stacker. 

http://www.remsales.com/home/machines/heavy_duty_turning_center_with_gantry_47.html

[Incogneeto]

32 minutes ago, YoDoug® said:

Did you end up buying one?

We just sold our first of the latest version of the M08SY that comes with an integrated Gantry loaded and part stacker. 

http://www.remsales.com/home/machines/heavy_duty_turning_center_with_gantry_47.html

Waiting on Paperwork of course. Pretty sure you guys turnkeyed for us when I worked at Decimet Sales in Rogers MN.

[YoDoug®]

3 minutes ago, Incogneeto said:

Waiting on Paperwork of course. Pretty sure you guys turnkeyed for us when I worked at Decimet Sales in Rogers MN.

We have only had the Tsugami product line in this office since mid 2013. If you had a turnkey before then it would have been Rem Sales direct or the previous dealer. I don't work much with the Tsugami line, most of my time is Okuma time.