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Re: CNC Mill or Router?

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Originally Posted by asid61 View Post
It is a pretty bad mill, mainly due to the round column and lack of a raisable knee. I have one in my garage. Every time you switch from milling to drilling, you need to raise the entire head, which throws off all of your zeroes and the like. Plus, to square it with the table you need to use thin shims, which is painful.
If it is still near-new, I would sell it and look for a Bridgeport. If that's not possible, you could definitely work with it- it just takes longer than the Bridgeport.
I would agree with this over all, you can buy that thing at Walmart... That really says everything about it right there. But some mill is better than no mill every day of the week.
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