hello!
looking at a lathe for a while but haven't needed it. Finally, for converting my x3 i will be grinding down the ballscrews myself so finally have a excuse to pick one up.
I had a micromark 7x14 a while back and killed it, so im a bit weary to go back to the 7x12 or 7x10... id like to get it from harborfreight to avoid shipping prices, however ebay sells cummins for around 415$+65$ to ship or so.
So the lathemaster 8x14" is perfect, but with shipping makes it 912$. What do you guys think of the harborfreight 8x12?
what are the limitations of the 8x12? can it spin/thread in forwards and reverse? left hand threading? weak motor or strong enough? Can its toolpost fit something like http://www.littlemachineshop.com/pro...2001&category= on it?
also, how big is the motor on the 7x10?
regards