What we need for chambering and fitting is very simple.
-Short head stock
-Short, rigid bed
-1.5" spindle bore with very good bearings
-Outboard spider
-Inboard spider on a good face plate
-Decent 3 jaw chuck
-A good tool post
We don't need to be able to do 80 kinds of thread pitch, etc. Heck, it doesn't even need to be 220V. Short, simple and high quality is all we need.
