Looking For A Mini Lathe/mill

Ya. That looks awesome, but is too big for what I can accommodate. lol That's awesome though!
 
I just looked at both the lathe and mill from Little Machine Shop, looks like they would be fine for your needs based on your specs. Read the reviews, and maybe some members here will chime in also. Both machines are adaptable to CNC.

Would make a nice setup. :encourage:
 
Ya. Just wanted to check and see what people here thought before I did anything. :)
 
I'm late to the party. Did you get something yet? I have a 7x from Harbor Freight. I wasn't happy with it & bought bigger but it still sees some use. Usually nothing that needs done closer then eyeball tho. There is tons of info & mods out there for these 7x machines. I've seen many how to blogs for CNC conversions.

I can't speak about the exact machine from any of the dealers you listed but I can speak about other products from two of them.

My lathe (14x40) came from Grizzly. It is the gun lathe model & I'm very happy with it. I have no regret about it. I've bought other things from them. Singer things are a good value while others were junk but their customer service has always been second to none. They are just slightly higher then other places but well worth the extra for the CS.

Little Machine Shop is another with great CS. I've never bought anything I wasn't happy with. The only reason I've spoken to them has been to locate parts or technical help which they were always happy to help.

I have nothing bad to say about ether of the two companies. I believe you'll be happy with ether you decide to do business with. However I'd probably look hard at the packages offered by Little Machine Shop & it's likely you'll consider them for a few upgrades where these 7x's fall short.

Good luck & welcome to the bottomless hole we call a hobby.
 
I'm late to the party. Did you get something yet? I have a 7x from Harbor Freight. I wasn't happy with it & bought bigger but it still sees some use. Usually nothing that needs done closer then eyeball tho. There is tons of info & mods out there for these 7x machines. I've seen many how to blogs for CNC conversions.

I can't speak about the exact machine from any of the dealers you listed but I can speak about other products from two of them.

My lathe (14x40) came from Grizzly. It is the gun lathe model & I'm very happy with it. I have no regret about it. I've bought other things from them. Singer things are a good value while others were junk but their customer service has always been second to none. They are just slightly higher then other places but well worth the extra for the CS.

Little Machine Shop is another with great CS. I've never bought anything I wasn't happy with. The only reason I've spoken to them has been to locate parts or technical help which they were always happy to help.

I have nothing bad to say about ether of the two companies. I believe you'll be happy with ether you decide to do business with. However I'd probably look hard at the packages offered by Little Machine Shop & it's likely you'll consider them for a few upgrades where these 7x's fall short.

Good luck & welcome to the bottomless hole we call a hobby.

No I haven't bought a lathe/mill yet. I ended up spending the money I was saving up for a mill and laser cutter on another 3D printer... lol But since my first posting I am leaning more to the Little Machine Shop mill. :) Plus after seeing a what a lot of people can do with a 4th axis (most likely my first upgrade) just blows me away! Like you said, I am considering the Little Machine Shop more due to the tons of upgrades already available for it.
 
I've wanted a 3D printer for a while but I'll probably just keep on wanting.
 
I've wanted a 3D printer for a while but I'll probably just keep on wanting.

Ya. I have 3 right now and have a few more on order from Kickstarter. But I've been wanting to branch out to other forms of manufacturing and making for quite some time now...
 
Is this a business that you run?

I tried 360 but my PC wouldn't run it. I'm not to sure in my ability to run it ether. I'd love to learn tho.
 
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