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Re: Event Machine Shops

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Originally Posted by Cory View Post
Even for quick fixes at events these machines are truly awful. They are hard to use and are really awkward and just bad. Plus you lose the benefit of being able to have one person on the mill and one on the lathe.
Thoroughly seconded. A drill/mill/lathe is not a drill press, a mill, or a lathe. It's a machine trying to cram all those functions into the space of one and as a result of supreme utility, it's ease of use and ability to function well suffers.
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