(mis) adventures in lathe buying.

Hey man good job getting that beast in there, I’m 28 so I still find myself in spots wondering what the hell I was thinking. Be safe with that girl cause she’s at minimum pin you to the floor like a fly on a dart board and if no one can hear your screams your gonna get real religious real fast.

About a year ago I had my coats Pneumatic tire machine on my little trailer attached to my van, when I got it home I climbed in the trailer to check the machine out and as I walked towards the rear, the trailer popped off my ball and tipped, tire machine (now unstrapped) slid to the rear of the trailer and pinned me to the gate with my leg, the ole lady had to come out and assist me climbing out from under it cause I couldn’t brace myself AND pick up a tire machine at the same time.

Buddy I flopped like a fish out that trailer and couldn’t of been happier to be whole still. Leg was purple for a week

turret lathes are beasts!Don't worry about no lead screw, just get a die head. Quicker and easier than single point threading anyhow.Stay on the lookout for turret tooling, you can get good deals on that stuff if you're patient.You've got a lathe with big balls now, it would take a huge engine lathe to compete for the power!

What’s the HP on that beast and how are you going to power it?