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Re: Lathes and Mills
Hi Ed,
Look around some of the used machine tool companies for a good Bridgeport. Nothing works quite as well. You can probably find one in your price range with a lot of life left in it. These usually go pretty low bid on ebay because of the costs of transporting them, but you should be able to find on in the Atlanta area. With mills, the heavier, the better, since parts don't flex as much.
I imagine you will be doing mostly aluminum, which is easy to do on most mills of any size. My Burke MVN mill is a "junior Bridgeport" which does great on aluminum, without many bells and whistles. It doesn't work quite as well on steel, particularly on hard steels, but I do very little steel.
Stay away from the "neither fish nor foul" combination tools. I would only try to use on in a flat-out emergency.
For Grady, we purchased a Grizzly Mill, but I don't see it in the on-line catalog. It looks good for amedium-sized mill, but I haven't had a chance to run it yet.
Dr. Bob
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