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    first mill??

    That's the 3/4 sized bridgeport, the hobbyist dream mill. When I was looking, at the Grizzly version, likely Chinese , were pricey. I was going to wait for Grizzly scratch and dent tent sale. In context, a new Taiwanese Rong Fu RF-45 is now $5,500 USD
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    first mill??

    Great pun . mind if I use it? After the mill shut down, I did a shutdown in Trail . "Oldtimer, what are doing here ?" "Well I bought a machine shop and I have to pay for it."
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    first mill??

    Being on the Island, you're not that far from Bellingham Washington and Grizzly's western showroom. If you can get a chance to look at the models and run you hands over them. You will see and feel the quality or lack there of. Drooling on them is bad form, chuckle. Mills are very useful, even...
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    first mill??

    And the ram shoots out the back on a Bridgeport. The Canadian made Excello bridgeport clone is a gem.
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    Tips/Techniques HOUSE OF TOOLS LD 1236G

    I'm looking for E-Stop, forward, off, reverse, jog reverse, jog forward. They are all there, I just have to program them in. I'm no computer nerd, I'm far too old to have grown up with PLCs .
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    first mill??

    Start out looking at the table size. It shoots out both sides. That will give you an idea of how much floor space it takes up. Bridgeports and the clones are handy but take up twice as much what most hobbists use. Of course the dream machine is a knee mill like a Bridgeport except they are only...
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    Tips/Techniques HOUSE OF TOOLS LD 1236G

    Depends on the VFD. To get it more adaptable, there are more parameters to program. It is an automation device after all.The English manual is a mere 420 pages long. However I switched it on from the panel and there was a strange sound . At first I thought the VFD had crapped out but when I...
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    Tool Identifying this dial indicator

    Mine was called a called Blindman's. chuckle. Every time I went to use it I would have to change the battery . The numbers went funny. I have good Mitituyo now, but it's safe in a drawer. Not nearly as handy.
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    ownership of tool manufacturers

    Some I didn't know about.
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    Tool Identifying this dial indicator

    I found electronic digital calipers handy. I would pickup something and wonder is it imperial or metric, that is where the easy to push button saved steps walking over to the chart on the wall. Did I trust the number ? Nay.
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