I imagine all of you regulars are sick of hearing about Grizzly lathes so this may be mainly for the newbies like me that are thinking about buying a lathe. I wrote in response to one request that Grizzlies are junk (obviously, just my opinion). When my 1245 motor plate failed (I wrote about that right before Christmas), I rebuilt it better than it had ever been. Used the lathe for two days and the motor went "poof" in smoke and quit. So I'm calling it quits. A new motor on a shaky, vibrating, noisy, gear sticking lathe isn't worth it. I've had the lathe for 15 years, hardly used it, but figure it can get recycled, melted down and maybe come back as a One Way.
Just got a chance to buy a Delta 46-701 for $225. Hardly used. So bought it. I know they have had mixed reviews--people seem to love them or hate them, but as a newbie I'm not willing to sped the big bucks yet. It works like a dream compared to the Grizzly. My wife came down to the shop wondering when I was going to get it running. It was on and she didn't even hear it. She could hear the Grizzly upstairs with all the doors shut.
So now I can finally have some fun instead of cussing at a machine!
Earl