| One of the reasons I wanted to purchase my own lathe was the convenience of being able to turn small parts at home in reasonable comfort, without having to do the bit during my lunchbreak at work and then finding I'm missing a particular part or dimension and am unable to do the job I wanted.
Regarding Myford lathes thats a little like asking someone who wants to buy a small hatchback car:
"Why don't you buy a long wheelbase transit van with an extended roof just incase you want to pick up a wardrobe one day?"
I've had a brief look at some Myfords which are approx 10 times the size and weight of some of the smaller chinese lathes, and although you could probably buy a poor condition one for the same price as a brand new chinese job I'm sure it would need a lot of work to actually get any quality results from it. Bed Grind, Backlash etc, Replacement starters, belts etc. Also possible metric conversion too.
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