My first lathe was a HF, cost about $129. My thinking was if I found I was
not adept at turning or just did not like woodturning I could just forget
the whole thing and not have too much invested. As it turned out the HF
served the purpose well. After about a month I sold the HF for $50 and
bought a real lathe. As suggested in the other post, the Jet Mini would be a
much better buy.
Hope this helps

LB