Re: Harbor Freight Micro Mill 47158

Randy,

I looked at one of these recently at HF. It's not a problem.

(Unless you have loaded a hundred pound item and are using the
extremes of travel! And even then, probably not. I was looking at
this and wondering (don't know how long it had been there, as at our
local HF it was hidden under the bench which has the 7x,9x and 3-in-1
machines) WHY they don't make the table a bit longer...

It would be VERY possible to mfr this machine as a 12 inch X...

And as the previous poster noted, it's a great little machine for the
price. I don't think one needs to change to ball screws; as long as
the backlash adjustment is tended to... (which is made MUCH easier
than the mill drills, BTW)

Compared to the proxxon or similar: this would give far more bang,
IMO, for about the same bucks!

Hope this helps,

Ballendo


--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Randy Gordon-Gilmore
<zephyrus@r...> wrote:

> At 10:24 PM 2/11/2003 -0000, mario wrote:
>
> >Maximun X Travel: 9"
> [snip]
> >Table Size: 9-3/8"x5-3/8"
>
> This makes me think...the table length is only 3/8" longer than the

quoted

> travel. The table will be halfway off the X ways at each end of

its full

> travel. Maybe not a problem, but I'd watch it carefully.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Randy
>
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