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Originally Posted by Cory
I would highly recommend against the 3 in 1 machines. You get one machine that does 3 things poorly, instead of 1 machine that does 1 thing pretty well.
I'd recommend a lathe. I think we use ours more than our manual mill and our experience in the past has been that it's very easy to find machine shops to donate time to manufacture milled parts.
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I would echo this. Specialized tools have been refined for a reason, and combining them only cripples each function.
Agreed on the lathe as well. If you have the ability to make holes (drills), making things to go in the holes (shafts, etc) is the next step.