First things first with a new lathe?

addertooth said:
A word of warning, both LMS and PM have supply chain challenges right now due to Covid.
Buy soon, or you may find that your top choice is sold out.
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BTW. I forgot to mention this earlier, which supports what you are saying. While looking at mini-lathe options, I noted the Weiss brand lathes at DRO Pros and fired off an email asking them about shipping charges to my zip. This was at the end of September. I got a reply, but it was to tell me that they had stopped importing machines because of increased surcharges at the port of entry for them, and also high tariff issues. Apparently they were considering whether they would continue to import at all, from what I gathered.

So yeah, probably a good thing I ordered one when I did instead of waiting.
 
I've got a PM mill and lathe, you'll be happy dealing with Matt and crew. Check out Mr. Pragmatic Lee's video on mounting a DRO to his 1228 PM lathe.
 
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