cal,
I have that lathe from harbor freight, except mine is from enco. Just got it about a month ago. It pretty decent, had to spend some money on accessories (dont know how much yet). I plane on doing conversion parts and retracts for the local guys. Also burned out on my paying job. Hopefully this will pay for RC in my retirement. Just got a used mill from a friend thats buying a better one. Its a big harbor freight jobie and am still collecting accessories for it.
Edwin