Congrads on your delivery on the diamond in the rough
I see no moss grows under your feet
You will be making chips in no time
Nice to hear everything worked out for you
Now on to the next stage of the illness which is actually 1 or 2 routes. It could be you will start buying tooling and in short order have spent as much on tools as you have the lathe or, and this is probably the worst of the 2 symptoms, you will have too good to pass up deals landing in your lap on other machines fairly frequently. Seriously, you can stop looking and they will find you. Right after I bought my mill I was offered a smaller lathe, a bigger mill, a surface grinder and a small shaper for stupid cheap. I probably could have flipped them and doubled my money or at least sold off 1/2 of them for the price of the whole lot but the wife gave me the stink eye when I mentioned it.Thanks @Nigel123, I’m glad I took the advice of the members here and waited for the right machine to come along.
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I failed to mention the 3rd possibility of both of the above at the same time.Well @MontanaLon, route #1 is already happening. I have a 4-jaw and QCTP in their way
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Thanks Mike, I noticed you said first...You have to be a happy camper. Very nice machine for your first endeavor. Cheers, Mike