Have you seen YouTube concrete lathe? He's still getting it tuned up,the bearings he used are suspect,and more bugs to kill.for me ,i never used a lathe, but life is getting shorter,and the few jobs I would do .don't justify big cash outlay.dont have to be perfect,but it has to run at low speed for saftey,it is not for production just one offs,for me ,here in ct machine tooling etc is sold at basement clearing prices at local flea mkt,not whole machines though ,still premium prices.so for 200 bucs est.I'm ok with it.thanks for good advice.your absolutely right.?