Originally Posted by
underthetire
Y axis will give you off center capabilities. Without it, you can only drill on center on the od of the part, as well as milling on center. I don't care what brand machine, y axis always makes the machine less rigid. It's another axis stuck on top of the x. Some are better than others, and if a machine has linear guides instead of box, the problem is doubled. Y axis is nice to have, you need to see how many of your parts could use a y axis to justify the expense.
There are other good builders that make a y type lathe. Just stay away from off brands once you step up to this kind of machine, more moving parts=more complicated=more problems.
And I'm pretty sure the mori warranty was 2 years machine, 5 on control, but find out for sure.
One more thing I forgot to mention, was the mori comes standard now with 6gb memory on the mapps panel. This means you can load huge programs in to the control and run them from the mapps side, rather than using memory cards or tying up a pc. Not as big of deal on a lathe, but it can come in handy.