runningman, I kind of like that Lathe myself. We typically use 1.5" or so barstock material for prop hubs and since you can't just stick a barstock of this diameter into the chucks of most small Lathes, leaving enough sticking out to machine a hub and then cut it off. This is what we need to work around with, with hobby Lathes. I have to cut off a piece a bit longer than what my finished length will be and then start machining it in steps. It takes me a while to do a hub. I don't know where I would put a Lathe like I would like to have. To machine a flywheel with a Taig was a challenge. The Taig has a 3/8" bore but it was the right size hole to accept 3/8" x 24 threads so I threaded it and now I can bolt a flywheel on. With several different length 3/8 bolts, for different items that I might need to work on, it works. A lathe with a large enough spindle bore for production runs of something out of 1.5" barstock is a good sized machine. These small Lathes are becoming reasonably priced and in spite of small spindle bore diameters are extremly useful for our hobby. I always want to have a Lathe of some kind now. Like a drill press, you get attached to them. Talking about the spindle bore diameter subject could be out of place here, but it might help to point out a main difference between a hobby lathe, possible to have in most home work shops, and a machine shop Lathe in a full size machine shop. A big Lathe with big capacities is very heavy too. A lot of the mystery goes away with Lathes like everything else, once you get your hands on one. These new Hobby Lathes cut threads also.