Fc911c you have been there before and obviously you feel the dovetail design is proven or you wouldn t be going back. I am stuck between the two. They both have there pluses and minuses. I much prefer a belt drive and the rpm s that go with it. No doubt the dovetail off the hop is more accurate. I am ready to purchase a mill and the rf 45 was one and still kinda is one I am thinking about buying. Pm s 833t as well. Been a few years now and the whole time the taiwan round column has been in there. Pretty robust as is. Some flaws for sure but there are solutions out there that make them a much better machine. Same with the dovetail. Plenty remedies for the gear head. Anyways for me the reason the round column is there is for it s ability to be converted to cnc. Plenty plug and play you can go deep if you want. Jet Jmd 18 made in taiwan round column has a 9x32 table and over 20 inches of travel for x. Stands are free with jet promo sale and alot of free shipping offered where they are sold. Needs three phase though! Only single 220 available. I ve been thinking rong fu rf 31 and I think the jet is also from rf.
I spoke with a few sales man from Penn tool and Sierra Victor and questioned the quality of rong fu and both were very quick to defend rf. One of them said these are what he would sell me being across the border to save the grief. I am looking at the rf31 and rf 45n2f. and of course the Jet. The Jet jmd 18pnf has 26 inches between the table and spindle. Jets sale with the stand ends,at the end of June.
We all have are our own reasoning and reasons for doing things. Just throwing it out there. One thing for sure is we all need more money! Sometimes we do what we have to.
I spoke with a few sales man from Penn tool and Sierra Victor and questioned the quality of rong fu and both were very quick to defend rf. One of them said these are what he would sell me being across the border to save the grief. I am looking at the rf31 and rf 45n2f. and of course the Jet. The Jet jmd 18pnf has 26 inches between the table and spindle. Jets sale with the stand ends,at the end of June.
We all have are our own reasoning and reasons for doing things. Just throwing it out there. One thing for sure is we all need more money! Sometimes we do what we have to.