To the Op Lewey, What brands do you favor? I too am working out of a home garage (20 x 20). It gets cramped in a hurry. My mill is bigger than a Bridgeport - you'll save some space there. I'd take up that space savings in a heartbeat with a real lathe. My benchtop at 27" center to center & 600lbs is only good for so little ;-) Then you gotta have a bandsaw, beltsander, grinders, welders, room to move stuff on a engine hoist. Oh & a air compressor. Have you looked at what they're doing with large grinders & shapers on YouTube! Plan your space well.
MarkM, Thanks for the heads up. I'm not in that LA on the west coast. I'm in the state of LA on the Gulf. I had my mill shipped from LA in CA. Cost $1000 for shipping & $1000 rental for a 5000lb forklift to receive the 4300lb mill. Wish I could do deals like that once a year! Just concentrating on getting items that rarely come available - then figuring how to pay for it all. I think it's just gonna be tooling for the foreseeable future for me. I do like looking at big ol Monarch lathes though!
MarkM, Thanks for the heads up. I'm not in that LA on the west coast. I'm in the state of LA on the Gulf. I had my mill shipped from LA in CA. Cost $1000 for shipping & $1000 rental for a 5000lb forklift to receive the 4300lb mill. Wish I could do deals like that once a year! Just concentrating on getting items that rarely come available - then figuring how to pay for it all. I think it's just gonna be tooling for the foreseeable future for me. I do like looking at big ol Monarch lathes though!
