[ChuckDickerson]

Wow, thanks for the user feedback on the Industrial Hobbies machines guys! It sounds like the IH mills are a solid and accurate manual machine and are a much better buy for the money than any of the similar Enco, Grizzly, or even Rong-Fu machines. I get the feeling the jury is still out on the CNC retrofit though and wonder if the IH mill isn’t best left as a manual mill and not try to make it something it isn’t.

If you guys had it to do over again would you still go for the CNC retrofit or not? With the CNC retrofit installed is it still possible to use the mill manually or does the CNC retrofit kit pretty much remove all manual functionality?

Also, how was the “fit and finish” of the manual machine out of the crate? A lot of the import machines seem to suffer in this area. Was it pretty much ready to run out of the crate or was a total disassembly and cleaning to remove excess packing grease, etc. required? Were the ways straight and properly adjusted or did it require hours of frustrating adjustments to make the machine smooth and accurate? How about the tram?

Thanks again for the info guys!