I'm on the different side. I want to make the nicest looking piece ever and be proud of it. In any case, this morning I have been looking at LMS again in trying to check out the collet chucks that mount on the spindle itself. Good thing I really went back to check measurements. I always thought from what I read my King is a vamped-up clone of the Grizzly G8688, but after checking in detail, I see not only is the motor stronger, but the spindle size is actually a whole inch larger. My chucks are 4"! No WONDER I was confused why my lathe seemed much more heavier than the Grizzly G8688 version.
Will order the 4" ER-32 chuck, and also a SHORT MT2 to JT33 arbor. The one I have for drilling is much too long, making me wheel out the tailstock which probably isn't good for rigidity (and I have limited space as it is).
Dear god, once you buy a lathe, you are stuck in a lifetime of tooling and other gimmicks! LOL
And I haven't even touched on getting the mini-mill yet. That said, I have a lot to do today, and just hope I can finally later tonight try to do some turning... Once the mini-mill arrives I am seriously going to try to make my own tooling, particularly in a way to get more rigidity for a radius turner. There has to be a better way... I want to be able to put balls on steel sometime.