I looked into Smithy machines a couple of years ago, and decided that there was not enough rigidity in the machine for what I wanted to do. If you want to do very light, hobby work, the Smithy might be good enough. I mentor a high school robotics team, so I wanted machines big & heavy enough to stand up to what students could throw at them. I ended up with a full size Bridgeport 9x42 mill (Jet), and a Craftsman 12x36 lathe.
No regrets. Ray --J. Ray Mitchell Jr. [email protected] (818)324-7573 “Truth is treason in the Empire of Lies.” — Ron Paul On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:35 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I am lookin at http://www.smithy.com/midas/pricing/xl > I am a machinist virgin so it will be my first > It will be strickly for hobby and entertainment > Is there anyone with an opinion :) > > Richard > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt > New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service > that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your > browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic > and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
