I'm building a lathe!

[Bay]

I'm building a lathe for my senior project in college. I wanted to see if anyone who has some experience in this would be willing to lend their expert opinion. I have a solid starting point (I hope) and plan on trying to cut mono onto CDs, mostly for price reasons. I'm open to any suggestions as I build my first prototype. What features are important for me to include? What lathe designs vintage or modern would be easy and cost effective to reproduce?

Thanks,

-Bay

[ilovedrums247]

If lofi is fine, this might be worth a look https://teenage.engineering/products/po-80