I have been thinking about the AutoMate lathe as well. Debating on maybe one of these or, a Tormach or just converting my manual 14x40. I'm curious as to if anybody actually has one of these? I called and they said it can be run on a rotary phase converter. I have a trip up to MI Friday and their warehouse is on the way to where I am going so I am going to stop by and check one of their demo units out in the showroom.