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Ok not sure if this is the right place for this but I'll throw it out there. To start my experience level with machining is beginner to some experience. I am equiping a home shop and I need advice on best mills and lathes for the buck I have a 10k budget for machines and tooling for both. I know the obvious answer is get a Bridgeport and a old SB, Logan or any other US made machines and trust me I would if those were falling off trees in the area of Denver Colorado but there are no machines like that available. I have even reached out to all the shop owners and friends my dad worked with over the years and most have used those machines into the ground and scrapped out and have switched over to CNC models so again American iron not available. My question is how good are the Grizzly, Jet, Rong Fu machines, I am looking to machine one offs, prototypes and gunsmithing no real production. I was looking at the G0704 mill and the G4003G gunsmith mill, and yes I know these are coming out of the same factory in China. I am just wondering has the quality improved I havent seen any current reviews on forums for the last couple years. Any and all constructive comments are appreciated.