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Well yesterday, I commited to a mill for my apartment use. It will pretty much will be set up to be job specific. I will be making some items that are directed to the competitive shooting community. I decided to go with the LMS HiTorque 3960. I like the fact that it comes with a heavier and thicker column for the head. That it already has the belt drive for the spindle in place. It has a tad bit longer bed than other mills in the same class.. along with the mill I ordered this http://www.littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=3969&category=1963256912
I didn't order anything else at this time, due mostly to budget constraints right now.. I have a friend that has a welding shop and they have a BP mill and he will let me borrow his DTI set up to tram the mill in. I will have to build a table to set it up on, which should not be too awful hard. Home Depot is right around the corner.
Since this is pretty much going to be job specific, there are some things that I will not be getting anytime soon.. Hold down set, fly cutters or larger endmills.. most of the the things that I will be working on will fit in the vise. I will need a slitting blade and holder, small endmills 1/8 - 3/8 dia. Tapered end mills of the same size. I thought about using the IGaging RDO's for now but don't know that much about them.
I have thought about getting a four jaw R8 chuck and setting up to do some minor turning and knurling. The latter is more needed for the time being. At least till I can get the lathe, which will prob will not be after the first of the year.
I didn't order anything else at this time, due mostly to budget constraints right now.. I have a friend that has a welding shop and they have a BP mill and he will let me borrow his DTI set up to tram the mill in. I will have to build a table to set it up on, which should not be too awful hard. Home Depot is right around the corner.
Since this is pretty much going to be job specific, there are some things that I will not be getting anytime soon.. Hold down set, fly cutters or larger endmills.. most of the the things that I will be working on will fit in the vise. I will need a slitting blade and holder, small endmills 1/8 - 3/8 dia. Tapered end mills of the same size. I thought about using the IGaging RDO's for now but don't know that much about them.
I have thought about getting a four jaw R8 chuck and setting up to do some minor turning and knurling. The latter is more needed for the time being. At least till I can get the lathe, which will prob will not be after the first of the year.
