Machinist opinions

[scalelover]

Im looking to purchase a small lathe for home use. I'd only be doing small hobby related work and maybe a small project here and there. I do have access to full cnc's and mills lathes presses etc at my dads shop but I dont have experience with working the cncs/programs myself, Ie watched and it info but have not operated them yet.

So I basically want to pick up a mini lathe and eventually build my knowledge up to eventually work a full auto lathe in the future and buy or build a small one for home. I was looking at micro marks mini lathe as a starter and wanted to know your thoughts on it. Or if i should just avoid it and look at a different make/model. Is it decent or has anybody heard bad reviews etc etc?
Thanks for any and all input


http://www.micromark.com/microlux-7x...athe,9615.html

--Dan