re:Re: New guy needs advice!

Mike,

Good post!

Re: the G1005: 3.5 x 6 x 12 travel. Tiny table.
I would like to point out that the Harbor freight mill/drill (goes on
sale periodically for $795-895) has travels of 5 x 7 x 18". The table
is 9 x 32. A MUCH bigger work area for near the same cost! My
experience with THESE mill/drills has been good. R8 tooling.

Hope this helps.

Ballendo

P.S. Agree with your shoptask recommendations.

> I'm very excited about purchasing my first CNC milling machine, and
>want to make sure I get the right one 4 my needs....
>> Grizzly ( http://www.grizzleyindustrial.com ) has an
>>interesting "big" mini mill for $495 (the G8689) and they have a
>>fairly nice "real" mill for $895 (the G1005). Mike