Newbie- cnc lathe question

[EAS]

Hi, I am a small garage shop and are now looking for a cnc lathe. I have been looking at the CNC Masters, Micro Kinetics, and the Bolton lathes. Does anyone have and comments on any of these? Or would I be better off getting a used Romi, Trak or something similar. Thank you ED

[djr76]

Im suspecting you're looking for a tool room lathe, so a used Bridgeport Romi EZ Path, or Haas are great lathes.

[EAS]

I use to run a haas tl-1 and really liked the machine. But they are very hard to find used, and new they start at 23k with no options. Traks start at around 19k and I have not gotten a quote on the romi yet. I just want to see if the cheep lathes are anywhere worth the 10k they go for, or would I just be wasting my money. It seems the more I look into the cheepies they all seem to have problems.

[djr76]

you ever hear that saying "you pay what you get for"? don't go cheap, go with quality and reliability. You already answered that for yourself anyways