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<blockquote data-quote="09zkrankin" data-source="post: 372762" data-attributes="member: 8000"><p><strong>Re: Re: Re: Metal shavings....</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's funny that you bring that up because when I was in trade school they thought us the same thing about a lathe lol. Goes maybe its all b.s. </p><p></p><p>You can def spend a fortune on tooling very quickly. Inserted cutters are nice, but be ready to spend $100+ for a box of inserts. There is alot that can be done on both machines but the mill will be the more versatile of the two. Ive saw some pretty creative setups through the years, saw a guy clamp a lathe tool to the table of a boring mill and the part he wanted to turn in a drill chuck and use it as a lathe lol.</p><p></p><p>As far as what to stay away from, I have saw alot of junk machines made by jet, and other Chinese manufacturers. You may wanna order an enco catalog. They have some nice small, new machines for 2-3000 and I have heard alot of good from them. It will also give you an idea of what tooling will cost. Im a machinist by trade so I stay pretty up to date on this stuff</p><p></p><p>Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="09zkrankin, post: 372762, member: 8000"] [b]Re: Re: Re: Metal shavings....[/b] That's funny that you bring that up because when I was in trade school they thought us the same thing about a lathe lol. Goes maybe its all b.s. You can def spend a fortune on tooling very quickly. Inserted cutters are nice, but be ready to spend $100+ for a box of inserts. There is alot that can be done on both machines but the mill will be the more versatile of the two. Ive saw some pretty creative setups through the years, saw a guy clamp a lathe tool to the table of a boring mill and the part he wanted to turn in a drill chuck and use it as a lathe lol. As far as what to stay away from, I have saw alot of junk machines made by jet, and other Chinese manufacturers. You may wanna order an enco catalog. They have some nice small, new machines for 2-3000 and I have heard alot of good from them. It will also give you an idea of what tooling will cost. Im a machinist by trade so I stay pretty up to date on this stuff Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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