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The mini mill and mini lathe imports are often classified as pre assembled kits do to the affordable price lack of fit and finish and numerous modifications needed to make them really usable. The army had another way of remining young apprentices not to leave a chuck key in the machine.Get caught you had to wear a large like two foot long chuck key on as leather strap around your neck for the rest of the shift. You knew who the last guy to get caught was. Do not worry about your choice your time your dime
I've rewired the imported one - why do electrician's lathes always have dangerous wiring? And it does the job.Wilf
We have a lathe at the club that was gifted by a member. He'd got himself an old Myford, which was not as big, not as rigid and seemed to have no benefits over the newer one. But it was just nicer to use.Wilf