buying a lathe?

[Chak]

Originally Posted by protoserge

Look at the G0602. It has a good reputation. I would get a larger lathe before the LMS variety.

Quality Machine Tools has a good reputation for service and customer support: http://www.machinetoolonline.com/PM1030.html or http://www.machinetoolonline.com/PM-1127-VF.html would be a good choice.

Thanks, these machines do look better. However, the lathe itself is about $2000, and these would certainly exceed our current budget once tooling is included. Are these bigger lathes good enough to justify exceeding our budget? If they're way better than the LMS variety, I think our budget is not dead set.