captvalk,
I have a Sherline 4 axis CNC mill and lathe, and an LMC model 3900 mini-mill. Don't want anything bigger, don't want to make anything bigger than what I can on these -- don't want to work that hard, don't want to lift anything that heavy. Been there, done that: spent 30 years in a 20,000 sq. ft. machine shop making spaceships. Now retired to a 200 sq. ft. home machine shop making clocks and model engines.
San Clemente is only about a half hour drive to the Sherline factory in Vista, CA. I strongly recommend you pay a visit, tour the facility, talk to the nice people, oogle the Craftmanship Museum. I promise you won't regret it, no matter what you end up buying. For that matter, you're only a little over an hour to LMS in Pasadena. I'd certainly go see them as well.
David Clark in Southern Maryland, USA
I have a Sherline 4 axis CNC mill and lathe, and an LMC model 3900 mini-mill. Don't want anything bigger, don't want to make anything bigger than what I can on these -- don't want to work that hard, don't want to lift anything that heavy. Been there, done that: spent 30 years in a 20,000 sq. ft. machine shop making spaceships. Now retired to a 200 sq. ft. home machine shop making clocks and model engines.
San Clemente is only about a half hour drive to the Sherline factory in Vista, CA. I strongly recommend you pay a visit, tour the facility, talk to the nice people, oogle the Craftmanship Museum. I promise you won't regret it, no matter what you end up buying. For that matter, you're only a little over an hour to LMS in Pasadena. I'd certainly go see them as well.
David Clark in Southern Maryland, USA