Heed this warning... if this is for business, where you actually need to make money to support yourself this is not the machine for you. i've spent about 2500 dollars fixing my own machine with new motors, drives etc and its spent more time not running than running. the turret missing is really annoying and can screw up parts or time out in a hurry. about mid last year i bought a harding cobra 42 and a gang tooled CMS GTS lathe. although both were expensive and i had to get a loan, it was the best money spent as these machines are the work horses in my shop. other than periodic maintenance i haven't had any down time and they just keep making parts. also the cobra can use the 3/4 negative insert carbide tooling. the chncs are limited to either 3/8 or 1/2 square tool holders.
again not trying to discourage you but, as this is a business decision you need to look at this objectively. if i hadn't gotten mine so cheap i would have waited for something else. |