Originally Posted by
RaderSidetrack
A "hobby machine in a flat" refers to a machine that is located inside an apartment or flat, by definition a residential building typically occupied by multiple non-related persons / family groups. Such a situation imposes significant limitations on a machine as to size, noise, weight, vibration, 'operating time/hours' and electrical power consumption.
A machine inside an apartment that draws the displeasure of other residents or the landlord is a recipe for getting the machine owner evicted from the apartment.
Lets get back to the main topic of the thread.