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- Jan 22, 2012
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I started with a square column mill and after 2 years upgraded to a knee mill. If I could do it over I would bite the bullet and jump straight to the knee mill. I had over $3500 invested in the square column mill, x power feed, 350 lb custom welded table, power on the z axis and 3 axis DRO and the best I could get for the package was $2000. Resale is also better with a knee mill so a better investment. The square column mill tends to flex and shake, even with the extra heavy base, and the gear head is noisy which can be irritating (its right at head level).