Re: What to buy me, oh my

Hi Marcus,

That mill sounds like what I have been looking for. Do you recall a
model number? I had been thinking about the EMCO FB-2, but BlueRidge is
not importing them anymore! This sounds just a little bigger. Where is
it made?

Tnx,

Alan KM6VV

Marcus & Eva wrote:

>
> Hi Les:
> Please do yourself a BIG favour and don't buy one of those abysmal
> combination machines (Smithy, Shoptask etc.)
> They are both crummily made and a pain in the ass to set up and use.
> The best stuff to have for your class of work is a small kneemill and a
> 12x36 lathe.
> KBC (among others) markets a perfectly sized little kneemill.
> I had one for about 8 years, and I built all kinds of complex precision
> stuff on it.
> The table was about 7x30 or thereabouts, and the new cost is about $4500.00
> CDN.(about $3000.00 USD)
> I sold mine last spring for $2500.00 to a buddy who makes radial aircraft
> engine models, and he just loves it.
> There should be others around.
> It's big enough that you can get a 1/2" drill chuck and a 1 1/4" Prentice
> drill in it and still have enough room to drill a hole in a reasonable sized
> block clamped in a milling vise.
> It's only 900 lb or thereabouts, so it can still be humped into a basement
> without too much pain.
> Beats a milldrill and those godawful combo contraptions by a country mile.
> Cheers
>
> Marcus