Advice on metal lathe

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If you are a hobby machinist, you have the time to take those smaller cuts. Add to that, the parts you are likely making are small in and of themselves. Again, we are not talking production here, where time is of the essence.

I would say, Sir, that the rest of your post is an endorsement of the points I was trying to make. Now, on to more important things.....

Problem is, it's entirely human nature to explore the limits of any machine. The hobby lathes can suffer harm when hogging, they aren't built for that.