Help me spend my money! It’s mill-shoppin’ time...

derfatdutchman said:
I have a Grizzly G0678, 3 phase with VFD, I love it no changing gears or belts. Its only 67" tall, even sitting on 4 machine feet its just shy of 70". I disassembled it using an engine hoist, and moved it in the basement by myself. The only hard part was moving the column and base down the steps, I left them together, but they can be taken apart. Good luck with what every machine you decide on!
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That's a neat package. That mill was on my list when I was looking at smaller machines.
 
Thanks to everybody who offered advice and showed interest. I put in an order this afternoon!

Which one was it? The 932M bench mill, the 833TV bench mill, or the 835S knee mill? Drum roll.... and it’s....

None of the above! Referring back to post #4:

darkzero said:
How about the PM935? I have a PM45-PDF which is the predecessor to the PM932. If the PM935 was available back then I probably would have bought one.
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luxige said:
Oh, I looked at that one a loooong time. Really everything I'm asking for, but unless I find a thousand bucks in the sofa cushions, it's out of the running.
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I didn’t luck out with the sofa cushions, but I sorta made the money work. I decided that if this machine was truly going to be a “one and done” choice (and it really has to be), then I needed to find the right fit. So I’m getting a 935S 3 phase, and will run it from a VFD, which according to Matt should provide a speed range of 40-5000 rpm. Height is only 77.5” vs 89.5” for the 835S. Winner.

The money came from kicking the can down the road a little. I had planned to add X, Z, and maybe Y power feeds. Also a decent vise. And one of the import dividing head sets PM has on sale now. DRO of course. Now the only thing that stayed on the order is the DRO kit and a machine to hang it on. That (temporarily) created about $1450. Some of that will have to go to a VFD unit right away. (I’ll be posting a new thread asking for help with that). I have a not-too-rough D60 knockoff that I refurbished, so I’ll use that for a little while and keep my eyes open for a good vise deal.

Thanks again, folks!
 
mikey said:
No, no, Tom. As we all know, this is just the beginning ...
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Mike, agreed it's just the beginning for luxige. But, I said our job here is done. We have already run him out of money. 'Tis time to find more fertile ground. But, not to worry, lux, we'll still be lurking nearby ready to strike help when you need us. ;)

Tom
 
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I might have to get in on some of the spending encouragement!


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