foxx, I bought the Homier at one of their tent sales- only after doing a lot of research. I have also recently purchased one of their mills but I haven't made any chips with it yet. I get all my tooling from Little Machine Shop. One thing to remember about these Chinese imports is that they require disassembly for cleaning, polishing the gibs and adjusting this and that to get them in good order. That was the fun part for me. If your looking for ready to run then you'll need to look at the US, UK, DE or Japan (sorry I forgot the two letter ID for Japan).

Mike Shields, I also agree 100% with your posts. Usually mini lathes and mills take a beating on internet forums from machinist. I guess I was just a little too defensive. I think there is a place for both the large and the mini lathes. You just need to know what you plan on using it for now and possibly in the future. Before I bought my mini, I asked the local machinist guru what he recommended, and as you know he the biggest thing you can get. He wasn't very keen on the idea of the mini. Well I got it anyway and showed if to him, his response, where did you get that, that's the perfect size for these small parts I making. I think he has bought one by now. Go figure.

Anyway, I like my mini for what I do, and I know that the larger and smaller non Chinese lathes are very, very nice, but...
And if I had to do it all over again I would certainly consider www.lathemaster.com
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