Re: Mill Opinions & CNC simulators

Hello again yahoo@,

Did you also ask those who HAD the 5K machines? Machinists are a
funny group. They spend most of their time NEEDING to "worry" about
incredibly small details... And I think that after years of this, it
begins to "percolate" into other parts of their being...

All people speak best from their experience. What is it you intend to
DO with your machine? Maybe then, we could apply our collective
experience to solving the question of whether a certain type or class
of machine will likely work well for you...

For years, the "experts" said the bumblebee could not fly. The
bumblebee, apparently not having read these "distinguished reports",
continued about its daily routine, flying quite well despite
his "inherant" inabilities!

And then there's the one about the blind men and the elephant, which
also applies here...


Hope this helps.

Ballendo (who for years has been "doing" with what the "experts" say
can't do..)

P.S. The sherline motor is 1/2hp.

Jerry Jankura wrote:

>As for buying used equipment --- I'd be careful because I believe
>that most commercial shops are apt to use equipment until it's ready
>for the trash bin, and then sell it to the hobbiest.

>Yahoo@ wrote:
> poor sarcasm on my part - what I mean to say is that all
> the 'experts' keep saying do not buy a $5000 mill. I have found
> several but whenever I ask for opinions on them all I get is "don't
> buy them get a used xyz instead". I can honestly say I have had 20+
> of those replies (in 2 months of asking) and not one person has
> said "I bought a $5000 xyz and it works fine" - which is starting to
> make me believe the experts.
> A $1500 1/5 horsepower sherline is not going to do what I need. And

I

> find it hard to believe that a $999 1.5 HP enco is not a better

mill -

> sure it is not a $10,000 bridgeport but it has got to be better

than

> a tiny sherline that costs more. But I keep hearing, "dont buy one

of

> those."