What Mill to buy in Canada?

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Hey guys I've recently sold my car to buy a mill. I am getting pretty serious into knife making and plan to make various folding knives more specifically frame locking folders. I would like to buy a mill to make the process easier. Now I've done a decent amount of research and kept getting pointed to the Grizzly G0704, however I am Canadian :( and I don't think shipping would make it very affordable. So I am wondering if there are any fellow Canadians with experience or anyone who knows a good resource in Canada. As I said earlier I plan to cut mild steel and some thinner titanium. So far the only mill I've found in Canada that seems to have a decent amount of power is the CX601. https://www.busybeetools.com/products/milling-machine-with-digital-readout-cx601.html

Anyone have any better recommendations? I saw a lot of praise for precision Mathews but once again, it is another US based company. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated! 3-4$ is a lot to spend and I'd hate to spend it on a machine that isn't suited for what I need. I wish I had the space/knowledge to buy an old bridgeport. But that will maybe be a future investment if I ever get these knives going!

Thank you very much!
 
i would certainly go with the Grizzly over the Busy Bee.
Shipping was not bad as a percentage of the total price and Grizzly will deal with the importation through (i think) UPS.
There were none of the highway robbery fees through UPS that you normally see.
 
KBC has a King which seems to be close to the same as the grizzly and its cheaper too.
 
I looked at the kc-20vs. However it's only got a 3.5 am motor compared to the grizzly that has 12amps
 
I've delt with KBC often on smaller items and had good service.

Greg
 
I looked at the kc-20vs. However it's only got a 3.5 am motor compared to the grizzly that has 12amps
That could be in how the current is measured. Full load for 1 hp is 14-16 amps. the 3.5 could be normal running amps. Both state they are 1 HP motors and are likely from the same factory and more or less equivalent.
 
That could be in how the current is measured. Full load for 1 hp is 14-16 amps. the 3.5 could be normal running amps. Both state they are 1 HP motors and are likely from the same factory and more or less equivalent.

Hmm that's good to know! Thank you I'll have to reconsider it
 
I've delt with Matt at PM having imported a lathe from him as has a good friend of mine. I would not at all be concerned about the trans border issue given our experience with PM and there were a couple of glitches which took some resolving but ultimately Matt never left us high and dry and did come thru. If it is viable for you to bring it across the border yourself it will DEFINITELY be cheaper than UPS, I've had small Grizzly orders come thru UPS and despite what Grizzly cover it still ain't cheap. Just my experience.
Alex
 
As to power, 120V 1hp motor pulls about 7 amps (I hp is roughly 745 watts and P= VI so 120 x 7= 840 watts at 100% efficiency blah blah blah but it nets out to about 7 amps for 1 hp) go to 220 and that drops almost by 1/2 to the 3.5 amps listed.
Alex
 
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