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It would be nice to get one of those industrial type machines for short money, but I own a Sherline mill/lathe because of space limitations.
And those are a great hobby sized machine, though very expensive now. Mine are over 30yrs old and still going strong.
My lathe is also over 30 0years old. Then as the funds allowed I kept buying all sorts of attachments. One was a vertical milling column, so I has a mill with small table. Eventually I sent bought a full size mill base and sent in the vertical column to be modified to attach to the mill base, therefore giving my a fully-blown Sherline mill for less money than the miss costs. I still only had one headstock/motor to be swapped between the mill and lathe. As the time went by, I bought another headstock/motor assembly. Now I have a complete lathe and complete mill, with the cost spread out over 30 years. All thanks to Sherline's modular construction. Like playing with Legos.I think Maxxon mills and lathes, while not as robust as Sherline also have modular construction, good enough for a hobbyist to produce small parts or mill model loco frames.
My mill actually came with the old AC motor (very noisy), that's how old it is. I mostly swap the newer DC motor and headstock to whatever machine I'm going to be using if I'll be using it for a long time, or later at night.Jeff
I think it IS worth the money . Take small bites and more passes . I just may get one myself for armchair milling in the den . I will be using it more for wood and plastics then metal .Fun fun fun . Ordered mine , and thanks for the heads up Ed . I expect I will get more than 200 bucks worth of fun with it .
I'm very happy with my old Sherline mill, which I've used for much more than mere model work.My only gripe about the mill is the aluminum slotted X-Y table, which I've had to surface cut a couple of times to get rid of bumps that appear where the hold-downs are torqued down tightly. I would prefer it to be made of much more durable iron, such as the frame and bed of my Atlas lathe.But, for HO and N-scale model work, it is ideal, and well worth the initial cost, as is my Atlas 6" lathe, along with all of my machine tooling.Cheerio!Bob Gilmore