On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 13:32:08 -0600, "Mel Long" wrote:
Harbour frieght has a long bed 3 in 1 (lathe, milling, drilling) machine for
$1300. Anyone have opinions on this? I'm a knifemaker and just want a small
lathe and milling machine to do things like butt caps and pocket knives,
etc. I was thinking that this would be about right without buying the 2 big
machines. Thanks.

That machine is similar to earlier Shoptask machines. I had one of the
latter. It is actually not a bad lathe. It isn't a great mill, but it beats no mill.

Gary