Re: What do you think of this mill?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "JJ" <jj5412@e...> wrote:

> Looks like the standard issue Rong Fu machine (not that that is
> inherently bad). Compare it to:
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?

itemnumber=33686

> And
> http://www.grizzly.com/products/item.cfm?

Product_ID=15727&&User_ID=22425

> 88&St=5999&St2=-60229018&St3=67143826&DS_ID=1
>

The machine at house of tools.
http://www.houseoftools.com/product.htm?pid=169868


This looks to be a very much different machine than the standard
Rong Fu to me. As a matter of fact it looks different than anything
the other two offer as a package.

First it has a quill and a column lift on this one the column lift
is dove tailed so the configuration is more like a bed mill not a
mill/drill. This would seem much more rigid than the round column and
also has the potential to be controlled , it already comes with a
powered head lift.

It comes with a base cabinet

The table cross travel is a full inch larger 8x22 vs. 7x23.5. on the
grizz.

The table is longer.

It is a gear head.

This machine has some very different possibilities, capability and
limitations that are not really fair to lump into the same basket
with the Mill/drills or the mini mills. This looks to be a nice
compromise between size and capabilities worth investigating IMHO.

Brian
BSP