Hi guys.

I'm considering buying a mori lathe (SL-150 or similar) from the mid to late 90's. It's not going into a crazy busy production shop, but rather an enviroment where it will run probably 16-24 hours a week turning titanium / aluminum and some steel.

Are these things pretty solid at that age, or am I going to be fixing it frequently?

One i'm looking at has a sub spindle and live tooling- I assume those additional features are just more stuff to break.

What are you guys finding who are running them? I have never owned a Mori before but I have a feeling they are pretty damn solid still at that age.

I'd be sending a tech to the machine to have it inspected prior to purchase of course.