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Brass_Machine:
Well... I wouldn't call it buying cheap. They say get the biggest you can afford\fit... If this is a good start for you, then go for it. That was my X2 purchase, a good start. You can always sell or convert the X1 at a later date.

Eric

Darren:
Eric's got a good point, I'm on my third mill, each one has just about paid for the next one.

Buy second hand, be careful not to pay too much and you can't loose. If later you want to upgrade, sell and buy a new one and the sale will recover it's original cost....mostly.

This applies to any machine, they are always in demand so selling is never a problem...... :med:

CrewCab:
Mmmmmmmm .................... am I one to give advice here  :scratch:   

OK 18 months back I took the plunge and bought an X2, I was undecided and inexperienced and, if I'm honest, swayed by price ............. but to be fair the little X2 has been a cracking machine, I have to confess to spoiling it with almost every X2 accessory known to man, including a 3 axis DRO and if you are mainly going to machine small parts using non ferrous metals I think it is unbeatable for the price, ...............  though it's much bigger and stiffer than an X1, so for me I think an X1 would have lasted about a fortnight week.

I've now (as of last Saturday) bought a second hand 626 Mill which is far bigger than an X2, perhaps I can give you a more quantitative answer in a week or two when I've used the new one a bit more.

You can machine small parts on a large lathe/mill but you can't machine large parts on a small ............... (fill in the blanks)

CC

raynerd:

--- Quote from: 28ten on August 03, 2009, 04:53:19 PM ---...honest price does come into the equation, I can get this for £200 + say £200 for tooling ....


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28ten - I got my X2 off Matt on this forum for £275 so at £200 for the X1 I would perhaps look around - I`m more than happy with my X2 but already would like to upgrade. I know for sure that if I had bought an X1 I would by now be upgrading!

I`ve not been doing this very long and folk on here know a lot more than me but I`d certainly consider saving for the X2.

Chris

28ten:
Thanks for your thoughts chaps. I went to have a look today, it is actually brand new. I machined a bit of brass that I had taken with me, but i could see it struggling if I pushed it, although in fairness it's up to most of what I would need at the moment.
 I have a couple of days to think about it but my inclination at the moment is to hold fire and get something a little bigger when I can afford it. in the meantime I will try and do the cross slide mod on the mini lathe to get a little extra travel.

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