ajoeiam
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Greetings
Have been looking for a smaller lathe but do want something decent.
Found a Milltronics ML20 at a fairly reasonable price.
Price that is actually less than most Chinese import new 13 x 40.
Problems that I have with the imports - - - poor speed selection and range (usually they stop at 1800 rpm and that's pitifully slow for any smaller steel work and worse in aluminum) other than that I think I could get such to do what I want. The better quality imports are ok but now I would need to find easy double the money of the Milltronics.
Negative on the Milltronics side - - - - its not a manual lathe - - - - its a 'teach' CNC at minimum.
Controls aren't inspiring to those that have them.
What say you?
Have been looking for a smaller lathe but do want something decent.
Found a Milltronics ML20 at a fairly reasonable price.
Price that is actually less than most Chinese import new 13 x 40.
Problems that I have with the imports - - - poor speed selection and range (usually they stop at 1800 rpm and that's pitifully slow for any smaller steel work and worse in aluminum) other than that I think I could get such to do what I want. The better quality imports are ok but now I would need to find easy double the money of the Milltronics.
Negative on the Milltronics side - - - - its not a manual lathe - - - - its a 'teach' CNC at minimum.
Controls aren't inspiring to those that have them.
What say you?
