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  1. GLTHFJ60

    School me on vertical mills,milling machines

    A Bridgeport is better for sure, but more $$ overall. The rotary phase converter you need to run it will be an added cost above the machine cost.
  2. GLTHFJ60

    School me on vertical mills,milling machines

    I've read that ER collects are better for work holding, not quite as good for tool holding. ER not being as rigid. A mini mill like one of those with an r8 spindle would be awesome because used (or new cheap) r8 tooling is plentiful on eBay and from shars. The microlux gets my attention for that.
  3. GLTHFJ60

    School me on vertical mills,milling machines

    Usually there isn't a reserve on the machine auction sites. Not that I've seen at least.
  4. GLTHFJ60

    School me on vertical mills,milling machines

    What I was suggesting was find a bench top mill, grizzly, Hf, whatever, for $500, then buy $500 worth of tooling. That'll be fine for soft materials and loose tolerances for getting started. Can always upgrade later
  5. GLTHFJ60

    School me on vertical mills,milling machines

    My Bridgeport was under $1500 plus auction fees. Gotta add on the rpc or vfd to that cost though. Not really close to a $1000 budget. $2000 though, that could work.
  6. GLTHFJ60

    School me on vertical mills,milling machines

    Mt3 (Morse taper 3) is a bit smaller than r8, so it's about the size of projects you want to do. There are a ton of small mills out there. For a grand, and something with a decent work envelope, you're only going to be looking at used bench top unit, but they're usually more than a grand...
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