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0t--curious case of the Romi-Cazeneuve HBX

JHOLLAND1

Titanium
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Location
western washington state
stumbled upon video of lathe clearly identifiable as cazeneuve HBX 360 but labeled Romi HBX

presenter notes machine was purchased new 1972 by his father--rebuild by Romi SA--Brazil 2021
he is located in Brazil and extols virtues of this turning machine--which has been stripped of all
plates and badges proclaiming its french maker

having obtained my second HBX 360 3 weeks ago I note era of machine in this video consistent with
generation 1--iron frame/bed casting with hydraulic reeves drive replaced by frequency drive--a modification
I performed in 1998 on my prior HBX--build year 1984--a weldment frame with less substantial bed--a generation 2 unit

to my knowledge Cazeneuve never licensed Romi SA to produce machine clones and given french predeliction
will exhibit apoplexy upon awareness of stripped identity of a cultural icon manifest as the HBX

 

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