Re: Mill/Drill

>From: "Kevin Brennan" <k.brennan@...>
>
>I've been lurking and reading and I'm interested in this whole scene, I'm
>looking at mill/drills and Harbor Freight has a 8x28" with 19". of long
>travel for $899 through tomorrow.

From: "Dan Mauch" <dmauch@...>

All of the imported Asian machines suffer from poor quality.


Come on now Dan be nice :o).
You did not mention one other thing you really ought to upgrade if you
want to get precision results out of the import machines. The spindle
bearings should be replaced with high quality ones and preloaded properly.
I have a "quality import" 8X30 knee mill which I have upgraded. It's the
machine I'm going to convert to CNC, as of right now with the DRO I can hold
tolerance on my parts to .0005".
Good advise on upgrading the cheaper mills Dan, have fun Kevin!
Tracey