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Milling machine wanted
franky - 20/1/13 at 10:54 AM

Still looking

rodgling - 20/1/13 at 11:08 AM

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Originally posted by franky
Still looking


I think a friend is looking to upgrade - I will ask. What you planning on using it for?

franky - 20/1/13 at 11:09 AM

a few bits to make etc. Have you used yours? Itd be good if you can ask

Theshed - 20/1/13 at 12:06 PM

MARLOW MILLING MACHINE IN PERFECT GOOD CONDITION


This looks like excellent value to me even if it goes up a bit - this sort of thing or a Tom Senior are good for medium duty - any smaller and you may well regret it unless steam trains are your thing.

rodgling - 20/1/13 at 12:06 PM

I don't have one, but I've used this one for a few things. Recently used it to mill some hubs (see my other post about that). It does the job, only downsides are quite a bit of backlash in the bed-moving gears (doesn't stop it being accurate, just not as easy to setup), and no quick way to move things around (you have to spin the handles for ages). Also milling things generally takes ages. Quite fun though.