I have a Steel City mini also that works wonderfully and is very quiet and smooth running! For the almost $200 price difference it was easy for me to make the decision. Now Steel City has a new one out that has the solid granite ways, I would like to see one of those. A little more money but still cheaper than the Jet. Jet is a fine machine but, Oneway is super, so it all comes down to money. I have an old junker cheapo chinese made lathe that had had 5 years of hard turning on it and the bearings are still the same and not a squeak out of them. It is just like buying a car or truck, what is in a name, most of them all have the same capabilities and will last as long as you want them to with proper maintenance.
So if money is no object by the Rolls Royce, if you are pinching pennies the Steel city VS is hard to beat!
Good luck,
Jeff
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