Harbor freight mill and lathe question

The biggest issue is going to be the ability to take a decent cut. You can’t take big cuts and you really can’t crowd the tooling.

Back in late 2008 I bought a used Smithy lathe/mill combo for here at home. It paid for itself in the first 4 months. I never trust the dials on the machine and I use dial indicators on anything that has any tolerance.

Would I rather have a Bridgeport??? Absolutely. But those tools will do work if you understand their limitations and you don’t mind taking a little extra time.