Bench Top Lathes???

The little bench top lathes will do more than most people think. The big deal is I never use the dials on the machine. I always use dial indicators so I know exactly what I’m doing.

Sharp tooling is a must. Don’t crowd the tool, especially on harder stuff. If you do, you won’t get the results you want. So take your time.

You can build a quite a bit of stuff on one if you want to. The real limitations are the size of stock you can work on.