03-15-2015, 08:01 AM
Thanks Ken - I'll have it sorted out eventually and I'll know it inside out as well.
I know some people may look at this thread and ask is it really worth it. Well for some it may not but for me it is. This is a hobby for me and I don't have a money tree that would enable me to walk into a shop and buy a brand new machine.
Simple fact is that machines are thin on the ground here. In the 2½ years since I bought this mill, this is the 3rd mill that I have seen for sale locally:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/CNC-MILLING-M...1715213500?
So for $900 (including about $450 worth of tooling), I'm happy to plod along. The only other manual mill I've seen locally was advertised at $3900 and that add ran in the local paper for months...
I know some people may look at this thread and ask is it really worth it. Well for some it may not but for me it is. This is a hobby for me and I don't have a money tree that would enable me to walk into a shop and buy a brand new machine.
Simple fact is that machines are thin on the ground here. In the 2½ years since I bought this mill, this is the 3rd mill that I have seen for sale locally:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/CNC-MILLING-M...1715213500?
So for $900 (including about $450 worth of tooling), I'm happy to plod along. The only other manual mill I've seen locally was advertised at $3900 and that add ran in the local paper for months...
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