Originally posted by hal9000
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I think I sold mine for $800.....just what I paid for it. If you have the room and the budget...get something bigger. You can find Chicom 13x40 lathes in the $1200-$1800 range and they are 5 times the lathe that the 4800 is...even though they're kinda junk. If you've got nothing but time, get the 4800.....if you like to get stuff done in a timely fashion, look for something heavier. Machine tools can be judged by their weight for the most part. I pushed the 4800 around my garage by myself, with no rollers. My engine hoist will barely pick up one end of my Cadillac...the performance of the machines are proportional to the weight.
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