Have a small shop and have been using a 10" Jet lathe with a bed extension for several years. Was poised to buy the 15" Laguna for about $2500 but just saw an ad for the Rikon 1420 benchtop for less tan half of the Laguna. Both are 1.5HP. Rikon can turn 18" outboard with a bed extension. Could only find one youtube review of the Rikon but looks good and very reasonable price. I mostly turn bowls these days and actually only ever did one project which required the bed extension for turned legs. Appreciate any experience anyone has had with either. Cheers