sherline table top machines

Message: 1
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 21:40:01 -0000
From: "larry" <lseguine@...>
Subject: sherline table top machines

I am intrested in coments reguarding the sherline line of equipment.
I owned a jobshop machine shop 20 years ago. I had some pretty nice
equipment at that time and learned to appreciate GOOD tools. I am now
considering doing some work on small scale projects, and am in need of
setting up a new shop. I have looked at the sherline line and to me
it looks toy like. However looks can be very deciving.

I would appreciate any coments reguarding that line, also i would like
to know what other equipment is out there these days. I also was
looking at a line called TAIG mills any thoughts on this equipment line ?

[Both Taig and Sherline make very nice mills (in the US), which are quite
effective for projects within their working envelopes. (The miniature lathes
I'm less enthusiastic about.) The Taig mills are less expensive and more
heavy-duty, but the Sherlines will perform very well on small parts. They
also offer a wider range of accessories than anyone else. Tim's site does an
excellent job of displaying their various options- better, I think, than the
Sherline site itself.]

i am absolutly intrested in setting things up with CNC operatons. The
CNC was just a dream in the days of my shop way beyond anything that
could have been afforded by a small shop. so this is going to be a new
learning period for me, but i am determined to go this way

Larry Seguine

Alaska Tool And Die
aka Far North Creations

[CNC is magic. Being able to dream up a complex part, then to tell a machine
to execute it, was just a fantasy a few short years ago. Now it's not just
possible, but affordable. Whatever you're wanting to do, there are sure to
be numerous ways of going about it. New software and machines are being
announced every day. It's an exciting time to be alive!]

Andrew Werby
www.computersculpture.com