Gentlemen,
I am still in the hunt for my first lathe. I have found a Clausing Colchester and a Takisawa TSL 800, both local and oddly enough both are being sold by son-in-laws for the their father-in-laws. I found out the info that I needed for both machines. Both come with tooling, the Takisawa has more, but both were owned by machinists and they are the same price. Which one is the better long term purchase?
I am still in the hunt for my first lathe. I have found a Clausing Colchester and a Takisawa TSL 800, both local and oddly enough both are being sold by son-in-laws for the their father-in-laws. I found out the info that I needed for both machines. Both come with tooling, the Takisawa has more, but both were owned by machinists and they are the same price. Which one is the better long term purchase?
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