Factory Tour: Bourn & Koch Revisited! Building HUGE machines! @nyccnc

Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

Bourn & Koch is the epitome of American machine tool manufacturing! Their portfolio of machine tool brands includes the likes of Blanchard, Barber-Colman, DeVlieg, Fellows, Bullard, and more! We had unique chance to re-visit Bourn & Koch after our prior 2022 tour video to see what's new at their factory - including a number of HUGE Blanchard Grinder re-builds and their new MT3 grinding / turning / machining platform!

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Links for this video:

B&K: bourn-koch.com

Past Bourn & Koch Tour Video: youtube.com/watch?v=5-O1r9TeYrw

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