To buy or not to buy

[Mayhem]

Hi Pete - being on the other side of the country to you I know how difficult it is to find decent machinery at a reasonable price. I did notice the slow spindle speed but my lathe tops out at 420 RPM and I manage to function quite well with it. Personally, unless the price starts getting too high, I'd buy it. You can always sell it if you find it doesn't meet your needs and I doubt that you would lose money.

Now I'm not a machinist by a long shot and I know nothing about horizontal machines, so you may wish to wait until others chime is just in case this is a machine to run away from...