[[527]phil]

we'll in our shop we just got a mill table for a drill press(which sucks). but i have a small max nc mill in my basement which is very versatile and the only limitation is the travel, i do believe it's 5 inches on the x-axis and 4 inches on the y-axis. i also have an old lathe that might be donated to the school if we can get approval by the Board of education. but the machine i would like is the Star Ecas 20 with an automatic barfeeder *drools. but honestly all you need is a lathe and a mill, my uncle had a machine shop for about 20 years before going under and all he really used was a lathe with a tool turret and a mill with digital readout. also if your buying machines old is not bad, the lathe that i have is at least 30 years old and was the original lathe in my uncles shop, it's still as accurate as it needs to be.