buying a lathe?

[Jared]

Originally Posted by Munchskull

P.S. if you can get your self a Monarch lathe do it. My schools metal shop has one that most likely help in WW2, it is considered by our team and our metal shop to be the second best machine out of the six lathes we have.

Monarch lathes are quite good, but they extremely expensive to buy/maintain and are overkill for FRC. The 10EE's I use often have lots of issues with electronics - the vacuum tubes for the variable speed drive are unreliable, and sometimes don't warm up like they are supposed to. That said, they are an absolute joy to use!