Got a mini-lathe for Christmas last year and needed something to put it on. Hundreds of spinning tops and mushrooms later, I’m pretty sure it was worth it. Here’s a couple other things from my lathe.
A guy at work, who sometimes takes his own path through the English language, pronounces it lath-ee. It’s ruined me, can only think about “lath-ee-ing” when I’m out there messing with it.