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Coolidge, please take this in the spirit it was given. I fear that if your main reason in purchasing this particular lathe, is quality of surface finish, you probably will be disappointed. Darrell
I guess improved surface finish was something I was expecting for stepping up to a machine that's 3x the weight with a cast iron base, wider bed, and almost 5x the cost so this has discombobulated me a bit. Other things I still like are the lower floor to lathe centerline, my G4003G is about 4 inches too tall for me, the G0670 is about 4 inches lower, perfect. Infinite variable speed vs stepped speeds. The CSS is nice but honestly the G4003G does a fine job facing I'm not really dissatisfied with it.
Given that my G4003G, DRO, Bison, Aloris, tooling is all paid for and the $16k I'd be throwing at the G0670 just for starters would make a hell of a down payment on a Haas Mini Mill 2 I think I should step back and think about this. I love the idea of owning a 16x40 lathe but if I'm honest I can think of 10x more things to do with a CNC mini mill than a manual lathe.