I had one of these and sold it a few years back. It was a cute little thing and I liked having a horizontal mill of any sort, but it is really kinda lightweight as mills go. Also, the feed rate gears are zamac, and while the ones on my mill held up ok, they did make me a bit nervous since that stuff is notoriously hard to repair. (Hey, you've got a mill! Make new ones out of steel! Right. One more project!)