Nitewatchman,
I like my lathe just fine. It\'s not a Hardinge HLV for sure but it does alright. I\'ve run a couple of 50-100 piece jobs on it and with a little care I can hold .001 most of the time. Of course that is without changing tools. Once you start that things go down hill. I did add the Grizzly readout which seems to work fine and certainly makes it a much more versatile and user friendly machine.
Jess