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I have owned my PM matthews 932 for 9 years. 1 reason i bought it over a comparable Grizzly is that i live close enough to pick it up in person. I opted to have the dro installed by the seller and no regrets there. Dont buy it without the dro, it is worth every cent. I have had to replace 3 minor parts over that 9 years and twice they replaced the part after the warranty period and still never charged me.
I have built at least 2 dozen steam and hit miss model engines on it as well as many other projects and i absolutely love it. I had an old bridgeport offered to me for free and passed on it, as they are always fairly worn, cumbersome, usually 3 phase, no dro and a beast to relocate. As for being chinese, my jet lathe is chinese and easier to find parts for than many of the old u.s. made lathes. I also have a southbend and atlas lathes, but my jet lathe is the one i use most.
Crazydoug

Just what I wanted to know. I've never had a built in DRO before, I've always been kind of a fly by the seat of my pants chip maker with 0 formal training, but now trying to catch and do things the "proper" way now I suppose.