I am just looking to learn to use a manual lathe to eventually move up to the cnc lathes in my machine shop. I don't want to spend a lot of money on a big manual lathe since basically most of the lathe work is done via the industrial size cnc lathes in the shop. So I was thinking of buying a small manual mini-lathe to learn on. But what I want to know is what features, etc. are missing on the smaller lathes compared to the larger industrial size manual lathes such as a 16x40, etc. size.
I was looking at the Micro-Mark 7x14 or the Sieg C4 lathes to learn on. Do these have all the same features and machining capabilities as the larger industrial manual lathes do? (obviously not the same power, speed or weight). But I mean in terms of threading, power cross slide, feed, etc.) Basically all the same stuff to learn the methods of machining on a lathe.
Thanks!