Fully agreed...but I was gonna hold off on the indexer purchase till after I mastered the flatbed...
I just wanted to be sure I bought a system that would easily expand into making the Helix....
your idea of a dedicated machine makes sense, but the cost of the dedicated wood CNC lathes seem to cost more than this entire setup, i.e. flatbed, ATC and indexer.... I guess the wood CNC lathes are much lower volume...dunno...