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Be aware that the present MM lathe is a 7X16 that sells for $795.00. It has a 500 watt brushless motor and no gear shift, so is a bit quieter than most others. The usual accessories are included: wrenches, change gears, and outside chuck jaws. The tailstock is a cam-lock design, and there is an OPTIONAL tachometer. The full info is here: ,9615.html

A year or so ago, MM sold a 7X14 lathe that had a slightly smaller motor with a gear shift that uses metal gears. It's a bit noisier than the models with plastic gears, albeit should be a bit more durable. The digital tachometer was builtin and included, tailstock was camlock. It sold for $595.00, and included the above accessories.

Both lathes are "True Inch", so there is no error in the cross-slide and compound lead screws, the travel is .050" per revolution. Most others use a metric thread that gives you pretty close to .040"/rev.

I bought my MM 7X14 in like-new condition from a fella who had picked it up in a trade. Unfortunately, both of us confused it with the 7X16, so I paid too much. However, I AM happy with the machine. My previous one was a H.F. 7X10, and the lack of "headroom" bugged me. I was otherwise quite happy with the lathe.

To answer your question, the price would depend on which one it is. A fair price for a like-new machine (to me) would be list minus $100.00 ->$200.00.

Dunno about metric lathes, but if you want to cut metric threads, you can get "close enough" for many threads with the stock gears. Add a 21-tooth gear into the mix and you can get "close enough" for a bunch more threads. See:

In my experience, the MM lathes need the same TLC by the new owner as any of the others of this genre.

<<Jim>>