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Rusty, you are getting lot of good
advice from the experience metal chip makers - of that there is no
doubt Hard to argue with any of it. However, I have found
that if you do your research well and talk with a few folks that own the model
and make you are interested in, you will soon find the good, the bad, and the
ugly. There are always limitations to any machine, the question is do you
buy a machine (for a goodly amount of money) that takes care of 100% of all the
possible needs you may possible have in the future OR do you spend a lot less
money and get something that takes care of 80-90% of your needs.
Only you can answer the question. But after 3
decades of great results with a Chinese drill press, band saw and cut off saw
the combination mill/lathe seem just the right combination for
me. The more I find out about its features, the more impressed I
am. However, I have not yet cut any metal with it so first impression
could change. But, it is not the Smitty 3 in 1 that have been
referred to, different mill head construction approach for one thing.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 12:33
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mill Drill and
Lathe
A caveat here: if you're buying an older American
machine, do check to see if they are still in business or if someone else is
supporting them with parts, etc. My ancient
Clausing seems to be at
the point of having to have parts custom made now - or adapted from other
mfgr's (I take *extra* good care of it now.)
Dale R.
I guess if you buy
really old, unsupported machines, you have to get two mills, and two lathes,
so you can have one good machine to make parts for the one that's broken
:-)
Rusty
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