I think the distance from the milling head to the lathe chuck is too short. You're going to run into trouble the first time you try to machine a part of any size, and taking the lathe chuck off is an option but it's a pain in the a$$.
Then I looked at the Midas http://www.smithy.com/midas which looks to have a bigger swing, but the lathe bed is too short. So I would look for something that has a longer bed and a longer head swing. I am also a hobbyist and I bought a grizzly G4015Z and it has been revolutionary compared to what I had before. So my opinion is based on shortcomings in my machine that you may also run into. DougM On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:35 AM, <kqt4a...@gmail.com> 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 > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > 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 Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
