I have a project coming up thats going to involve turning a lot of 440c stainless and I know right off the bat i'm looking for a bit of a unicorn of a machine, but I figured its worth asking around to see what my best options are. I currently have a lms 7x16 lathe and It's been a great starter, but I recently got a tormach slant pro for work, and took a machining course at a school nearby to play around on bigger machines, and when I came back to my 7x16 I was amazed at how tiny it was, and how small of a cut it has to take. However with all the bigger more fun lathes i've played with, they all require 240 single phase, or some sort of 3phase. At my house i've had an electrician look to see if we could get even one spot of 240, and it sounds like the options I have are either a 240 outlet, but no lights in my shop, or find some sort of beefier 120v lathe. So i'm going with the later.
From what i can tell, the G602 is a pretty commonly used lathe for cnc conversion, and I figure it wouldn't be a bad option, but are there any cnc lathes that run off 120 that would actually allow for some pretty decent cuts to be made? I know I'm not going to able to take off 0.100" per pass or anything, but ideally i'd like something that could do more than 0.005" per pass.
Oh and as for budget, i'm thinking around 3-6k
Thanks!