Hello all: Happy 4th of July.

Considering purchasing a used lathe (sl20). Seems like it has alot of hours on it. I was wondering what is the average or acceptable spindle and travel hours per year. I was comparing the hours to my mill and the difference is signifigant. But I think that lathes tend to run continously and even lights out and maybe be a factor in hour accumulation. It seems like machines like to run and most of my trouble occurs after they sit for a while. Just trying to get some input on lathe hours. This one is about 2 years old and has 3k+ spindle hours. Did they run the heck out of it or is that average use.

Thanks for your replies. Have a great weekend.