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Need Help finding Milling Mach.
Elbesta
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I need to buy a new mill I can spend about $1000.00 plus shipping.
I looked at Grizzly,Harbor Freight,and Wholesale Tool Inc.
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This is what im thinking about getting. If anyone has any other ideas please let me know.
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.http://wttool.com/p/3006-0075
I looked at Grizzly,Harbor Freight,and Wholesale Tool Inc.
.
.
.
This is what im thinking about getting. If anyone has any other ideas please let me know.
.
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.http://wttool.com/p/3006-0075
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it will cost you that in shipping!
those things are heavy!
best bet is to contact your local machine shop and see who sells and delivers machines in your area. he will know all the dealers in your area and you may find one cheap. but remember, cheap means worn.
good luck!
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I bought a Grizzly 3 in 1 lathe, mill & drill a few years ago for $1299.00, and it has worked great for me. I make small parts that aren't available for my cars, and sometimes even tools.
My unit weighs over 700 lbs., and only cost $99.00 to ship from their warehouse to the Yellow Freight dock, I picked it up there to save the home delivery charge. Be warned though, unless you have a cherry picker (engine crane) you will have a tough time unloading.
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I had at one time an Enco C-N-C converted mill. Came with the electric stepper motors and electronic control box ect...all I had to do was hook up a desktop or laptop computer and load the software on and it worked just great for running out small parts for guns.
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Harbor Freight & Enco were too junky, and Smithy was too expensive.
I needed one right away to build some parts and bought the Grizzly.
Now, understand I'm not a good machnist and the stuff I build isn't perfect, so I'd accept something several thousandths off.
There's a home machinist website that may be a good source :
http://www.chaski.com/ubb/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=gendiscussion
It's sort of like this one; they don't like Chinese machine tools much, but you might ask around and find a USA mill in good shape there.
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After that I built numerous parts for the cars, and have also built by sight several tools I've seen in the Eastwood catalog.
I have a drill press, so I don't use the 3 way as a drill, just as a mill and lathe -- mainly the lathe.
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When you consider it comes with a stand the price is not so high, and it has the knee z axis instead of the round column.
One of the best values in a mill and drill is this one:
http://www.wttool.com/p/3006-0007?utm_id=10
With the plastic extruded belt cover, it runs a lot quieter than the machines with metal covers.
There are a few groups on yahoo you might want to check also,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/6x26millingmachines/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mill_drill
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I orderd the Geared Head Milling and Drilling Machine from Wholesale Tool. I have a small mill/drill that i have been using but it is slow cutting steel. I have a 20" and a 30" lathe so im not new to machinery, just looking for more options. Not many if any used mach in my area and with used you must run them to know what your getting.
I also need to stay with single phase power.
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http://wttool.com/p/3006-0075
bridgeports (made 10 miles from my home) are good machines, but they wear out too. chinese machines arent all that bad. honest.
I have a friend who is probably the best toolmaker I could know. His lathe and mill are both Chinese and his older mill is a Bridgeport.
The link is for a pretty large mill (18"x10" travel if memory serves) at $1000.
I'm just saying that $1000 may be better spent on a used piece that is easily found than on the biggest/cheapest thing that can be found. That price is hard to believe for a mill of that capacity.
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