It is the best of times, it is the worst of times...

[maker of things]

I placed my order today for a PM1440E- LB with DRO. I'm trying to make it fun, like an 8 year old expecting lots of toys on a special holiday. But delayed gratification in the Amazon age is sooo hard.
In the meantime there is an empty spot in my shop.

 

[drs23]

If there is a bright side, at least you have a lathe in the mean time. Pity us poor saps that were latheless until our hunks showed up.

 

[zmotorsports]

Awesome. Congrats on the order. Keep us posted with follow up pictures when you get it.

Mike.

 

[okent]

Such a sad little 9X20 on the back wall....I have it's brother.
Congrats on the bigger lathe! Keep us posted.

 

[Falcon67]

Waddayamean no overnight free shipping! :lol: Good fun, "PM" marks the spot. The only issue I see with having two lathes is that people think you know what you're doing.

 

[maker of things]

"PM" marks the spot.

I had to carefully layout the spot to find a big enough piece of concrete so it would sit all on one chunk.

The only issue I see with having two lathes is that people think you know what you're doing.

I hope I don't get in trouble for false advertising! I'm certainly a long way from that.

 

[maker of things]

Yesterday Matt gave me around a 10 day window till ship. Hoping to ship by 9-19. Guess I have a little time to get that oil.

 

[maker of things]

Last night Matt said the lathe was picked up by the carrier. Hopefully I will have it by next weekend!

 

[Chip]

That is awesome! I am strongly considering that up against the Grizzly G4003G. Although not quite apples to apples, each has its own pro's and con's.

My big hangup on the PM1440E-LB is the lack of reviews and high resolution pictures to judge the construction and workmanship. The price is also considerably higher, but with the DRO and included shipping on the PM it balances things out a bit.

You would do folks like myself a HUGE FAVOR if you could help rectify that some by taking a few minutes with a cell phone camera to take some high resolution pictures of the bells and whistles of your pride and joy once it is up and running.

I'm not gonna lie, Matt seems like a super guy and all, but his public website needs a little help. I'm having a hard time making a $5000 leap of faith based on this lack of good quality pictures and descriptions.

 

[qualitymachinetools]

Oh trust me, I know the web site needs help. Big help. One thing when comparing to Grizzly though, any photos that you see on our site are NOT edited. You can't see anything they have close up, because the pics are all completely edited for a web site.
I have met with at least 10 web designers, and end up in the same boat every time. No one can do anything near what I think looks good at all. I am not a web designer, I am a machine guy. I just met with another person today about doing a site, who sounds promising again, but we will see. Always the same story!

There are all these web sites out there, and I can never find anyone to make one that I like. And its not like I am offering them $2500 to do it, the last one quoted $15,000, and still I thought what they were doing was horrible.

There should be reviews on that machine though, there are a lot of them out there. Give me a call if you have any questions about it too. I know all of the machines very well, inside and out.