[snoman]

A good new manual lathe is expensive. What is your budget? I assume you have 3 phase power? If you can find someone you trust to go look at used equipment you may be able to find a good used one for 800 to 2000. Good names are harding, south bend, atlas. Don't be afraid of something from the 40s or 50s oftentimes they are better built than the new 1s. Get something with a 3 and 4 jaw chuck and a collet bar is nice. As with any machine tool tooling can be expensive too. The sherline Must be junk anything should be able to handle 1/2 alu hex. Let us know how you like the tormach. We are looking for a manual mill