[aarongough]

I forget what the name is, but there are basically two main factories and styles of mini lathes - Sieg, which makes the princess auto, harbor freight, etc lathes.. And the other one, which makes, among others, that King lathe. Real Bull or something?

I had one of those king lathes and it was great! Sold it to buy a 12x46 Clausing, but should have kept it for a second machine.

Looks like it is Real Bull that makes the King lathe (please note this is still speculation!)

Here's a link to their mini-lathe page: YANGZHOU REAL BULL MACHINERY CO., LTD.

Note the machining of the tailstock base-plate, and the acorn nut on the tailstock, both of which are the same as the King machine. The one on their website does not seem to have oil ports, but I'm sure that's just something that King would have requested...