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Originally Posted by freakray
So since everyone is willing to provide an answer - I've not seen much mention of Taig here - any opinions since we're discussing brands?
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Well since you asked. I am extremely new to the machining world and this is my first lathe so my thoughts are a bit biased. The Taig lathe is a great starting point, very sturdy piece of equipment. It requires a little adjustment to seat the bed and take up the backlash but once that is done it seems to have great precision. I have noticed a few limitations with it's size. The swing over bed is 4.5" and swing over the crossslide is 2.375" so you are a little limited that way, but I am doing mostly 1/12 and 1/24 scale stuff so it's fine for my needs. There are many accesories available for it, I have the compound cross slide for doing tapers, the milling attachment and vice (although I am still learning how to use it) and a 3 and a 4 jaw chuck for it. Here is a great link (hopefully this is ok to put here)
http://www.cartertools.com/ Gives you an idea of what is out there and what can be done with this relatively cheap little machine.
Mike