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Morning, Came across this, interesting short read and good photos. http://www.lathes.co.uk/gilman/page2.html Sure be nice to find one of these at an estate sale! Ken

Thanks Tom, You're a library of information on your own. I'm too new to all this yet to even know what questions I need to be asking. And ever brand/model has devout followers and haters, so weeding through the preferences for actual advice like you've given is tough for me. Thanks, Ken

Haas's mini mill lineup has a lot to off for sure. I was under the misconception that they had only larger machines. Size, wise they compare to the Tormach, but prices are where the big differences show. The additional cost is probably justified, but it's something to consider. Ken

I like the Tormach 1100 mx. I keep going back to it when I'm window shopping. Neat, compact enough, and the work it turns out seems very good quality. I think I'd try to pimp one of these right up. Ken

I'm sitting around waiting for this stupid coronavirus to pass through the house. I'm starting to mend, so now it's the boring time. Just for discussions sake, if you were able to buy the machine you wanted, and had plenty of room to operate it, what CNC mill would you have? Something with...

That does look like a good one. Best thing about Amazon is you have a pretty long return window. Use it a bunch and make sure it works well, then decide to keep or return it. Ken

Yup, Your skill at working quickly would have to be pretty high! It's small footprint is it's best feature. Ken

Came across this. Thought I'd share as it looks like a very useful design for wood or metalwork... - https://www.woodsmithplans.com/plan/revolving-tool-station/ Ken

Sorry , I asked before I read your link. On a side note, I don't see it listed on their site, or amazon.com. Unless I'm being blind today, which is possible. So there's no issues importing it? Ken

Susquatch Do you have a link to "The Reamer Guy" in BC? I've tried searching and come up empty... Thanks, Ken