I had been wanting another lathe to replace the small, cheap lathe that I had. A good lathe is expensive and a specialty tool, so it was put lower on the list of must have tools. I was steered onto the Harbor Freight lathe on another forum and went to a HF store to take a look. The lathe is the exact same lathe as a Jet that cost $400 more. The casting and paint are a little rougher but cosmetics aside it is the same lathe. If you buy in store, they have a special sale on the lathe for $189. Buy the 2 year, no questions asked, free replacement warranty for $34 and you are still cheaper than the catalog price. I picked one up and am well satisfied with the lathe, a lot of bang for the buck! I can't get the site page to load, but the lathes item number is 34706