Got a good deal at HF yesterday!!

[wilhurley]

I've been up in the air about getting a milling machine for some time. I was going to wait and try to find a baragin. Went to HF and they had there mini mill marked down to $469.00. but I started talking to the guy that sells them and he got the price down to $359.00 Now for the price you can't beat that. now I just have to get all the accessories.

 

[rashid11]

if you only combined that with 10% off total purchase coupon

Great deal ! Yahoo has a group dedicated to the beast, if u want to
get real familiar with it:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GrizHFMinimill/

Some of the stuff I did to mine:

- converted it to belt drive (no gears, nothing to break, no noise), DIY cheap & quick
- added 3axis DIY DRO (Shumatech: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ShumaTech/ )

 

[B Finnigan]

I hope you got the extended service/replacement warranty with it. I got one of thier mini lathes and the motor puked out less then six months later. I also had to make alot shims and machine some races since the lathe was not accurate at all. The chinese might be good at copying another company's designs but they are clueless at how make the copy's accurate so the tolerances are correct.

 

[rosconey]

hf is a crap shoot-have one down the street,and used them plenty when i had my own business-

50$ hammerdrill-total beast,no way it should still be alive after all the demo i have done with it-no way at all but it is and still works great-lost 2 screws though-

1/2 " angle drill-first one didnt mix thinset long at all,the second one has lasted awhile(knock on wood)but is hurting

3 cube electric cememt mixer-another beast that wont die

air compressor 2hp 5gal-very quiet and runs great-sold it to a buddy he loves it-

2hp large wetsaw-on my second only because i wont use it anymore,gutless wonders that burn out after 40-50 cuts-

1/2 impact air gun-dont bother unless you get the 100$ one the rest are
useless

15$ brad nailer-garbage