Grizzly sells high performance/price products ... you get what you pay for.
An old SouthBend 9 or 10 can Not be matched with current day machines.That being said,they also are Old and Large .. and not 'table top' machines.And, they may also require lots of TLC to make functional.
Trust Grizzly or Little Machine Shop for new products.
I own 3 Grizzly machines : metal lathe, band saw, drill press = they are Excellent ..
You Get What You Pay For.
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DO NOT buy that grizzly lathe, it most assuredly will disappoint. It is not
up to the ridgidity nor does it come with the tooling you will need to turn
all metals. A southbend 9 or 10 heavy would be good, a piece of imported
junk will not be. Look for a used lathe that comes with tooling. I have a
12" Logan that I do a lot of work in steel with, even that lacks rigidity
when making certain cuts, but it is vastly better than the harbor freight or
grizzly stuff. Use-enco.com is a good site if you insist on new imports, it
has better quality. Littlemachineshop.com specializes in supporting home
machinsists and has a range of small imports. I would suggest you do some
research and use craigslist and tool dealers and maybe even ebay to find
something - I got my lathe through craigslist.
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