Anyone have any comment on Grizzly Mini Mill?

Barker

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I've been thinking about gettting a mini milling machine for making folders. The grizzly seems OK. Any thoughts or advice. Thanks!
 
I cant comment on the Griz but Ive got a HF and its been great. I understand they are made in the same factory.
 
I have one..if I had to do it again I would have bought it from HF..the gears in mine grind and it is always popping out of gear..and the M3 are hard to find to use different size end mills
 
This mini mill is the golden standard in value equipment.
you can save a few bux buying it @ local HF : 20% coupons
(sign up @ harborfreightusa.com). Plus you can always talk
to the manager man and get even better deal

They all are made by Sieg in China. Visit www.mini-lathe.com
for much more on the subject.
 
Kevin Davey said:
How does this one compare?

http://www.billstoolcrib.com/RONGFU.HTM
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A lot bigger, a lot heavier, a lot more powerful. Will lose positioning when you raise or lower the head on the column, but how much will you do that making knives?

I was tempted by one of these but decided to get a mini-mill quick before I actually had to figure out how to get 700+ pounds of mill-drill into my shop down the hill in back of my house :eek:
 
I have the Grizzly 750 pound mill drill. I put a good chuck on it. I have a rotaty table on one end of the table and a machine vise on the other. The dial indicator readings are not very good but light shimming of the vise and table brings it fairly close. I live close enough to Bellingham that I could pick the stuff up that I bought from Grizzly. I think I got the most for the buck but that can depend on where you live and what is availible. I had to rebuild the switch twice, it finially became trash. The plastic gears in the downfeed are fairly poor but you can get parts from grizzly...Take Care...Ed
 
After Using with a Mill/Drill for years, I went with this one. OOp's i forgot that I'm on Blade Forums. I'm not allowed to post pic's sorry. I went with the Grizzly 3201 nee mill. Mike
 
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