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Hi:
I just joined the group. I only recently became interested in home shop machinery and have been doing some lathe work on my 7x12 Cummins. I plan to buy a mill in the near future. Does anybody have any experience with the HarborFreight Micro Mill/Drill that sells for $299? I already posted the same question to the mini-mill group, but received only a few responses. Thank you. Gregor Stransky, San Antonio, Texas |
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Clint D
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I have owned the mini mill but not the micro mill. depends on what you are interested in as far as projects. personally, I think the mini is as small as I would ever go, actually I ended up with a Bridgeport style mill because I was so limited on the mini. Cumminstool.com has the mini mill at the best deal I know of right now, dont know for sure if they carry the micro mill? Clint . gregorstransky@... wrote: Hi: |
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Jim RabidWolf
Some, Gregor - other than price, it's not much. It's a good mill if you're
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planning on doing only very small parts. Even the "Mini" mill is definitely NOT a Bridgeport. You have to remember the intent of the designers on these machines and keep their limitations in mind. Rabid Uncle Rabid ( ) We Repair Electronic Speed Controllers For Asian Mini Lathes and Mini Mills "Just Crazy Enough To Get the Job Done" (Join Rabid's Lathe/Mill Controller/Mod's List!) (Also visit BarStockEngines - join us in building without Castings!) ----- Original Message -----
From: <gregorstransky@...> To: <7x12minilathe@...> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 5:31 AM Subject: [7x12minilathe] Hi: I just joined the group. I only recently became interested in home shop machinery and have been doing some lathe work on my 7x12 Cummins. I plan to buy a mill in the near future. Does anybody have any experience with the HarborFreight Micro Mill/Drill that sells for $299? I already posted the same question to the mini-mill group, but received only a few responses. Thank you. Gregor Stransky, San Antonio, Texas Be sure to check out for small mills and lathes. Yahoo! Groups Links |
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On Thursday 22 March 2007 04:31, gregorstransky@... wrote:
I just joined the group. I only recently became interested in home shopI've got a Micro Mill converted to CNC and ran it manual for over a year before that out of the box its a pretty nice machine to work with but its small ,so very small adding the long table and extended base from LMS kicks it up to a much more usefull size (more travel and bigger table than the minimill) but it kicks the price up as well (and you end up with 2/3 of a new machine sitting under the bench) Brian -- "Nemo me impune lacesset" |
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