Robert Rosand, www.rrosand.com, has/had a ML8when he made his first video
tape "Turning Projects from Scrap". He made some modifications to it that
he shows and describes at the beginning of the video. He seems to be
satisfied with the machine. Watch the video, you can see the machine in
use. I think the machine uses #1 morse tapers and now I am not sure about
the threads; 3/4 x 16 or 3/4 x 12 or 7/8 x ?.
I would agree that the ML8 and a Jet mini are apples and oranges. I would
probably go for the ML8.
Edward