Man I'm glad I'm not buying till next spring, I'm doing the same work and was convinced one of the Automate lathes would work out but really wanted to see your review.
Looks like a Tormach may be a better solution, I'm in BFE Montana and can't have poor support, I have no issues being my own service but gotta have good support and parts which clearly isn't Automates strong point.
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