So, here we are, new Asian or old domestic machine in place.
Both need attention to perform to an "acceptable level".
Preface "acceptable level" with absolutely NO delusion of emulating professional machinist or machine shop performance.
This is The Home Shop Machinist after all.
Good money after bad?
I have a dovetail column mill; ZAY 45 edition, which has turned out some decent projects but has also pissed me off since the beginning.
The absolute devil to tram, ways get tight at the ends, screws/nuts machined by metal eating termites, etc., etc. .
I've been quoted $100 per hour by a rebuilding service for regrinding precision surfaces and I'm resigned to at least $2k overall to bring this into spec.
More for conversation than anything else because I have to "run what I brung" but I see the same option if it was a Bridgeport or Van Norman or you name it.
At least with this machine, this old man can break it down by myself and muscle the components.
I'm never going to machine anything large enough to justify a commercial sized mill and this fits nicely in the scheme of my life.
OK, my train of thought left the station without me and I'm tired of hearing myself talk so someone else's turn now if you care.
Both need attention to perform to an "acceptable level".
Preface "acceptable level" with absolutely NO delusion of emulating professional machinist or machine shop performance.
This is The Home Shop Machinist after all.
Good money after bad?
I have a dovetail column mill; ZAY 45 edition, which has turned out some decent projects but has also pissed me off since the beginning.
The absolute devil to tram, ways get tight at the ends, screws/nuts machined by metal eating termites, etc., etc. .
I've been quoted $100 per hour by a rebuilding service for regrinding precision surfaces and I'm resigned to at least $2k overall to bring this into spec.
More for conversation than anything else because I have to "run what I brung" but I see the same option if it was a Bridgeport or Van Norman or you name it.
At least with this machine, this old man can break it down by myself and muscle the components.
I'm never going to machine anything large enough to justify a commercial sized mill and this fits nicely in the scheme of my life.
OK, my train of thought left the station without me and I'm tired of hearing myself talk so someone else's turn now if you care.
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