CNC Mill or Router?

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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

We have a Dayton 2lKP9 we got over 6 years ago and never used. It got wired up in the wrong room. We are getting it moved into our lab soon! Is there anything we should buy to prep for it? Is it a decent mill?

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.