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Stilldrillin:
Ok!

Right then......  ::)

No cross vice.......

And no heavy quality English bench drill, which I`ve been offered......

I`ll stick with my little £40 Chinese bench drill. (It is set up correctly & running well)......

Having read Boggie`s words on the Chester forum.

What if I order a Chester Conquest mill instead?

bogstandard:
Hi Dave,

http://www.chesteruk.net/store/conquest_mill.htm

You really need to talk with our John S about that one.

I recommended it to him, and as far as I know, he is more than happy with it, and there is always a but, he did do the belt mod on it (essential), and with the exchange rate as it is, is rather expensive. Plus tooling, collet holder etc. the figure is now into the 600's.

Whether you want to go that deep, the choice can only be yours.

John

Stilldrillin:
John,

At the start of this posting, I was thinking of present production of widgets, only.
Using just Conquest lathe, little bench drill........

I can`t advance into anything more advanced, without a milling machine!

I`m at a strange mind set.
We`ve had to be very carefull with money all our lives.
Now retired, and just realising, we`ve got savings & cashflow far in excess of our needs.

I just realised....... Why not buy a mill?

It`s a bloody good feeling! :thumbup:

NickG:
Dave,

That conquest does seem very expensive to me!

I got the equivalent of this machine: http://www.chesteruk.net/store/century_vs_mill.htm for £600 from this guy: http://www.amadeal.co.uk/xj20.htm. The advantages of it over something like the conquest are that it's a big heavy machine, with that comes better capacity and the motor is 1.5hp so despite being variable speed it still has good torque down to 50rpm. It also has anoter big advantge, the spindle can move separately to the column and it has a fine down feed on that too. I think there is more often than not a "but" with these chinese machines however, I'm happy with mine for the price. I also got a cheap collet chuck with ER 25 collets for less than £30 and a set of end mills for about £12 from a place on ebay that ships direct from China. The slides travel smoothly and can be adjusted alright (by my standards!). The handwheel divisions are not easy to use though, 0.060" a turn or something and over long lengths they become inaccurate, some simple digital scales might be a good addition I'm thinking, the surfaces are nice and flat so they will be easy to mount. A proper DRO would be great though.

Amadeal also do this one which is a step up from the conquest, more powerful motor and better table travel: http://www.amadeal.co.uk/xj12.htmIt's is the same as Warco's : http://www.warco.co.uk/Mini-Mill-Drill-EBFC17B0BF.aspx but only £398 instead of £475.


Nick

Stilldrillin:
Nick,

Thank you for the info..... Here`s where it all starts to get confusing!  ::)

I don`t really want a heavier/ larger machine. I only have 18" deep machine bench.
Price, within reason is not a problem.
I have had previous, satisfactory dealings with Chester.
The Chester price includes delivery, (£45-£50 with Amadeal).

Hmmmmm.........  :scratch:

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