needing guidance

[johnthomp]

ive got a fair ammount of pennies comeing my way later this year and ive decided i want a new milling machine and seeing as i have only very linited space my measurements just add up to something called the AMA-16V does anyone have any experience with this machine and could you please tell me if its any good or not im also hopeing my forthcomeing windfall will stretch to getting a myford super 7 lathe aswell but as yet i havent met anyone who can tell me too much about those aswell
can anyone help me decide
john

 

[DICKEYBIRD]

I'm not familiar with that particular mill but it looks like it has a Morse 2 spindle?

Try to get one with an R-8 spindle if you can. The tooling is much more readily available at very good prices.

 

[johnthomp]

I'm not familiar with that particular mill but it looks like it has a Morse 2 spindle?

Try to get one with an R-8 spindle if you can. The tooling is much more readily available at very good prices.

prices are not exactly my problem or supply i have a verry good account with rdg engineering and if i phone in advance he can get literally anything i need and most times when i go to the store the missus insists she comes with me to keep me on a short leash because i just cant help myself spending and spending in there last time i went in there i only wanted some small drill bits but came out 3 hours later with a 4"rotary table various taps and dies a 20mm hand reamer a digital caliaper set 20 or more swiss jewellers files 2 new bench grinder wheels a huge lump of aerospace grade aluminium and a 1m length of 1 3/4 silver steel round barstock for the meezeley price of £100

 

[lordedmond]

I am confused Silver Steel ( stubbs ) only come in 13 inch lengths or am I mistaken

 

[Tin Falcon]

drill rod (AKA silver steel) comes in 3 foot standard lengths here in the USA.
Tin

 

[johnthomp]

the last time i went in to rdg the old fella had a full rack of imperial gauged silver steel all sizes from 1/16" up to 1 7/8" all cut at 1m lengths he said it was a job lot he'd got from a firm thats gone out of business it waas bloody hard **** to bore out thats for sure but made one hell of a smooth cylinder liner