That makes two of us :p
Either that or it has the flashest coolant pump I've seen.(though the motor mounting looks like it could use some work)
I think you're really wrong.
I think I'd rather have a lathe without power feed than a SG without power feed. Can you get by without it? Sure, but you could also get by without a bandsaw and just use a hand powered hacksaw ;).
Still, for the most part we have to take what we can find, fit and power, so if its a choice between "manual feed" and "none at all" then manual it must be*.
Wow that would be a big statement to make.
All the ones I've had enough to do with to know are.....but thats well short of "all" of them.
Stuart
*though so far it seems I've in fact chosen "none at all", nut I havent been looking that hard.