First time I plug it in everything seems normal. I start the platter spinning and hear an awful grinding sound so I remove the platter and it looks like it's not catching the wheel right. Also looks like someone tried fixing it with eletrical tape.
Thats when I notice the tubes progressively glowing up and it starts to smell so I turned it off and unplugged it. Now when I plug it in and turn it on it shocks me whenever I touch a metal part so I might be done with it but if ya'll have any ideas. Maybe a bad transformer? I was going to recap, but now im kinda scared to open it. Looks like someone else has been inside it as well.
I'm also looking at the cutting head and I can't tell but kind of looks to me like the tip is gone? Based on what I seem here I thought it was supposed to be crystal.
Anyways feel free to tell me this is a POS and recommend me another lathe. Thanks!