10-01-2012, 08:03 PM
I don't think anyone could say horizontal or vertical is king, to be truly versatile it's either one of each or a dual spindle, be it a factory or a Frankenmill, it just makes sense to have a dual spindle, and as I am currently working on (might one day finish) my factory dual spindle giving it a a slotting/shaping head to go with the universal table with spiral indexing and power feeds on all axes and quill. That is everything I can possibly imagine on a mill. It will even do gear shaping with that lot on it.
Regards
Rick
Regards
Rick
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