New Guy looking to buy pm1340gt

I will get some pics when I get the handles done, got them all made but waiting for my dye supplier to send me the proper gunmetal grey dye that I want. The test one I did was too blue for me.

I love the lathe, was able to get the headstock to .0001 at 8" and the tailstock as it came was .0002. I had to work on the selector knob that changes from threading to power feed but other than that it's miles ahead of the 12x36 that I had.
One note if you go with the stand. Before I leveled my machine I had the leveling bolts in but not touching the ground and had a bit of shake at around 375 rpms. I took 1/4 plate and cut it into 2x2" squares and made inventions in them with a 5/8" drill bit and put those under the leveling bolts and the shake went away. While the new base is better than before it has to be set on feet. You can buy feet or make pads like I did and use the provided bolts.
 
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