Unfortunately they too suffer from "cheapitis". Indian made tools fall into two definate classes of good and not so good. The problem being that there is little or no consistency from model, size or brand. Bison and some of the other vendors like Grizzly do have a decent quality offering, but they are not sub 100 dollar items. You definately want the largest table that your mill will accomodate because you also need room to be able to clamp and secure the piece you are working on. I am not familiar with the dimensions of your lathe/mill but you want to try to keep the quill retracted as close to the head as possible to impprove stiffness and reduce chatter, but you do not want to crowd the head too much either. I would also opt for the horz/verticle mounting options to increase the tools use and versatility. The sub 100 dollar units seem to be rough, have a good bit of looseness and have been found to even still have casting dirt still in the cavities. This is especially prevalent in the cheapest offerings from places like CDCO and Shars. So I would suggest a bit more shopping with an eye toward making one slightly more expensive purchase rather than having to revuild/repair a smaller unit that you will ultimately replace or relegate to the "spare parts" dungeon. I have not bught one myself yet, but I have been following a number of threads outlining the woes of others who failed too remember the old adage of :Ya gets what ya pays for, and nothing more" Hope this helps and is not intended to discourage just inform and to help you become aware of the pitfalls with rotary tables in general.
Bob
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Unfortunately they too suffer from "cheapitis". Indian made tools fall into two definate classes of good and not so good. The problem being that there is little or no consistency from model, size or brand. Bison and some of the other vendors like Grizzly do have a decent quality offering, but they are not sub 100 dollar items. You definately want the largest table that your mill will accomodate because you also need room to be able to clamp and secure the piece you are working on. I am not familiar with the dimensions of your lathe/mill but you want to try to keep the quill retracted as close to the head as possible to impprove stiffness and reduce chatter, but you do not want to crowd the head too much either. I would also opt for the horz/verticle mounting options to increase the tools use and versatility. The sub 100 dollar units seem to be rough, have a good bit of looseness and have been found to even still have casting dirt still in the cavities. This is especially prevalent in the cheapest offerings from places like CDCO and Shars. So I would suggest a bit more shopping with an eye toward making one slightly more expensive purchase rather than having to revuild/repair a smaller unit that you will ultimately replace or relegate to the "spare parts" dungeon. I have not bught one myself yet, but I have been following a number of threads outlining the woes of others who failed too remember the old adage of "Ya gets what ya pays for, and nothing more" Hope this helps and is not intended to discourage just inform and to help you become aware of the pitfalls with rotary tables in general.
Bob