I'm asking for some advice from the collective here.
I'm upgrading from a smaller midi lathe, and was originally looking at the G0766, but am frustrated with Grizzly's vaporware, so I've decided to move on.
I had pretty much decided on the Laguna 18/36, after seeing it in a rockler or woodcraft, but then noticed the Turbo T40 and fell in lust. I understand that the price for the Harvey hasn't changed, but they recently started providing the legs with the lathe (used to be an accessory). Aside - I think that the 24" between centers is more than enough capacity - so the 36, doesn't get me THAT much.
The T40 seems relatively new to the market, and I have found a couple of sponsored videos and such, but I was wondering if anyone here actually had one. The servo motor looks amazing, especially the 2ms response time to load, and the fast startup / shut down. Both come with legs, but I would probably use the Harvey on a rolling workbench that I have already from my old lathe.
3K is the absolute top of my budget.
Thank you in advance.