Hi Grover- I'm guessing you've had your fill of cnc and just want to do manual machining for a while?
Have you looked at the Precision Mathews line of machines?
There are a lot of older cncs available though if you have room.
-Mark
Well I finally decided I better settle on something as this decision process is taking over my life. So I decided on the Grizzly G0761 as it would be good enough for all I will have to do. I went to their website to order and WTF? I last looked at the mill on Thursday ,now on Friday the price increased by $450! Called them and they said tough luck. I know.....that's life.
So I went the PM site and took a hard look at all their offerings. I previously had the notion that they were just overpriced but considering that Grizzly upped their prices and PM didn't PM's seemed like a deal for what they were offering!
I decided on the PM832 with everything but the DRO. That was Friday after they closed for the day. I ordered on the website as I thought they might follow suit and raise their prices on Monday. I was still torn between the PM833T, the PM832 and the PM940 with the hardened table and ways. I liked the hardened ways on the PM940. I liked the one shot oiler on the PM833T, but the PM832 was really all I needed and it would be easier to have delivered than the PM940, and I wanted to get the price locked in.
I figured if the price didn't go up on Monday I could probably change the order seeing as all the machines I was interested in were on back order anyway.As they they say I did a deep dive on all of the information available on you tube, forums ect.over the weekend!
On Monday I looked and their prices did not go up. I called them and they allowed me to change my order to the PM940M-PDF-Hardened Ways and 3 Axis DRO. It is not that much harder to move than the PM832. I really like the hardened way option. After researching the DRO option I figured I needed that for sure and $700 more was not that bad to have them install and add that to the 3 year warranty.
Grizzly's G0755 is now $4300 which is basically a PM 832. No PDF, no hardened ways, no DRO. I am getting the next size larger PM mill with the hardened ways, PDF, and DRO installed for $700 more ($4999). A very good deal! I feel that just the upgrades over the G0755 without the DRO is worth $700 so I'm getting the DRO for free(almost). It won't be here till fall probably. It will take me that long to clean out my garage. Then relax and go fishing while I wait for my new toy.
Thanks for all the help making this decision!!