I started using a Hardinge HLV-H at work and now I hate my shitty chinesium 8x12. I don't think I'd even be happy with the largest lathe I have room for, which would be something like a 9x19 Grizzly G4000. How do you stop exposure to professional tools from ruining your hobbies?
>>2991409>How do you stop exposure to professional tools from ruining your hobbies?you dontsoon youll fully realize the cake is a lie and things in fact do not get better as you get older after a certain point of no returnt. loved building shit in my youth with a hammer and a hacksaw then spent a decade in fully tooled r&d
>>2991416Well that got dark fast.
>>2991409I have a clone of that 9x19. Skip it. I feel like you are like my twin. My solution is to just sneak in my personal projects at work. The Hardinge is my favorite lathe to run. It is just sweet. We have a Hardinge and a clone, and they're both awesome.
