I do love my lathe, so much you can do with one. Bandsaw is great too, just setup the job and walk off, come back and it's done. No need to fighting with the cut off saw to do the cut, slow and steady.Thanks guys, I have some leaking cylinders on the backhoe so it will be coming apart and then I'll see if I can make(or maybe buy) the restrictors. I almost bought a HF mini metal lathe on sale last month but got a bandsaw instead. Let's see, metal lathe, tig welder, plasma cutter, .......