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Subject Author Date Unimat lathe/milling <pnightin 10-07-2007  Re: Unimat lathe/milling steamer 10-07-2007  Re: Unimat lathe/milling Don Young 10-07-2007  Re: Unimat lathe/milling lens 10-16-2007
Posted by on October 7, 2007, 1:14 am Please log in for more thread options Has anyone used one of these? Worth looking at for a hobbyist? Posted by steamer on October 7, 2007, 12:52 pm Please log in for more thread options         --The good news is you can always get parts; the bad news is it's made out of aluminum. If you're planning on scaling up anytime in the next few years you might want to look at something larger to begin with so you don't wind up buying two sets of accessories. -- "Steamboat Ed" Haas : Feeling like Bender in Hacking the Trailing Edge! : a strong magnetic field... www.nmpproducts.com ---Decks a-wash in a sea of words--- Posted by Don Young on October 7, 2007, 11:16 pm Please log in for more thread options > --The good news is you can always get parts; the bad news is it's > made out of aluminum. If you're planning on scaling up anytime in the next > few years you might want to look at something larger to begin with so you > don't wind up buying two sets of accessories. > > -- > "Steamboat Ed" Haas : Feeling like Bender in > Hacking the Trailing Edge! : a strong magnetic field... > www.nmpproducts.com > ---Decks a-wash in a sea of words--- Also doesn't do threading or power feeding without kinda pricey accessories. Don Young Posted by lens on October 16, 2007, 12:13 am Please log in for more thread options > Has anyone used one of these? Worth looking at for a hobbyist? I would look at the machines that are up one size like the Emco Compact 5. I've seen those go for around $400 on ebay. There is of course no limit to how big this can get, so you should think a bit about what size work you want to do. Also note that the rule of thumb is that you spend at least as much on tooling as you spend on the machine. Unless you find a set up from someones garage that includes all that stuff.