After looking for seems like an eternity for a good used larger lathe, I gave up. Oh I did find some nice PM 3520's within a 3-5 hr. drive one way, but they all wanted premium prices for them. One wanted the same price as a new machine cost.
Well I got tired of looking and my bride told me to bite the bullet, (within reason), and buy new. After a ton of research and questions I bought a Laguna 1836 Revo. To say I was surprised would be an understatement when it comes to the quality of this machine. I ordered it last Thursday and it arrived yesterday via freight-line. The driver backed right up to my small shop and with lift-gate unloaded.
Initial inspection of the contents I saw that it was packed tight with a lot of Styrofoam. That puppy wasn't going anywhere.
In fact it took me longer to get all the contents out of the carton than it did to assemble.
This machine is stout to say the least.
I built my own mobile base for it, thanks to Dick Mahany's design and pdf that he sent me. Thank you Dick.
Now I need to go play.