Hi everyone, I’m brand new to this so bear with me regarding my profile and whether or not I am doing this correctly!
I have finally come to end of my tether, trying to find more information via Google on the two milling machines I am researching. My question to begin with is, which mill should I buy from these two? (See attachments)
It’s basically a toss up between a small knee mill with 8x30 table and an RF45 clone. Both are the same price but the RF45 has more added to it. I will have to add at least the DRO to the knee mill but the power feed doesn’t bother me at this point. Most of my work is small scale and I don’t work on auto stuff. The convenience of switching speeds on the RF45 is the most tempting feature vs the belt changing on the knee. But I rather like the sturdy design of the knee mill and wonder if it might be much quieter. Has anyone compared the two machines for noise levels? Being a home shop guy, noise is a huge deciding factor for me.
Any thoughts would be awesome.
Thanks,
Pete
I have finally come to end of my tether, trying to find more information via Google on the two milling machines I am researching. My question to begin with is, which mill should I buy from these two? (See attachments)
It’s basically a toss up between a small knee mill with 8x30 table and an RF45 clone. Both are the same price but the RF45 has more added to it. I will have to add at least the DRO to the knee mill but the power feed doesn’t bother me at this point. Most of my work is small scale and I don’t work on auto stuff. The convenience of switching speeds on the RF45 is the most tempting feature vs the belt changing on the knee. But I rather like the sturdy design of the knee mill and wonder if it might be much quieter. Has anyone compared the two machines for noise levels? Being a home shop guy, noise is a huge deciding factor for me.
Any thoughts would be awesome.
Thanks,
Pete
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