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Re: Vertical Mill for FRC

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Originally Posted by Cory View Post
It's a giant (well actually small) POS...but if it's what you can fit, it's better than nothing, I suppose.

The Rong Fu RF-45 or the PM-45 (Basically the same thing. Might be some minor fit/finish differences. Probably made in the same factory) are ~3x more, but more than 3x more machine. You can actually do some real work on them and not hate life the entire time.
I'll second the RF-45. There are some knockoffs out there with poor castings but genuine Rong-Fu's are quality machines for the price and size. I've set up two and both continue to run well and treat their novices users well.

I think they're also super popular with the CNC conversion crowd. I'm not sure that that conversion really makes a lot of sense but it does mean there are a lot of folks out there who know the machine inside and out.