Nice Taz. So you get to play witn an Ikegai Lathe, is it a base 2 axis or will it also use live tooling? It brings back memories from years past thought I ran mostly Okuma Howa's.
I hear you about the repetative or monotonous nature of CNC operating. I was so happy to be off the shop floor after 18 years of pushing those buttons, though I do for the odd job or two.