Right fellow members, i have £1600 to spend on a lathe and mill.
I would like separate machines.
Space available is the length of my garage, that is 10 feet, this gives me room to get the door open and the other hobbies i have in their as well, now i dare say, and looking at this forum, this is going to be a totally addictive hobby and the others will suffer, the thing is, i can use the tools for my other hobbies.
I build model boats ( RC ) these always need fittings made.
Also race 1/8th scale rally cross and truggy, once again, small milling and turning jobs to aid performance.
Then their is my target shooting, clay pigeon and archery.
Plus photography, fishing, woodwork, so as you can see i am a little full on the hobby front.
This new hobby though is one i have wanted to do since school, i made a screw driver and a welding slag hammer.
Back on subject, I have been looking at WARCO, CHESTER, AXMINSTER, SIEG, and the other far east imports, i would like one like that, as their is plenty on the forums and web about them, know i am not knocking the likes of MYFORD, BOXFORD etc etc, but to get a good example will cost a bit, and they are not as compact as the far east ones.
From reading what various people have said on the web, though they all look the same, they are not created equal.
So this is my delima.
The same goes for the mill.
Any help will be gratefully received.
P.s. i live in the UK.
I would like separate machines.
Space available is the length of my garage, that is 10 feet, this gives me room to get the door open and the other hobbies i have in their as well, now i dare say, and looking at this forum, this is going to be a totally addictive hobby and the others will suffer, the thing is, i can use the tools for my other hobbies.
I build model boats ( RC ) these always need fittings made.
Also race 1/8th scale rally cross and truggy, once again, small milling and turning jobs to aid performance.
Then their is my target shooting, clay pigeon and archery.
Plus photography, fishing, woodwork, so as you can see i am a little full on the hobby front.
This new hobby though is one i have wanted to do since school, i made a screw driver and a welding slag hammer.
Back on subject, I have been looking at WARCO, CHESTER, AXMINSTER, SIEG, and the other far east imports, i would like one like that, as their is plenty on the forums and web about them, know i am not knocking the likes of MYFORD, BOXFORD etc etc, but to get a good example will cost a bit, and they are not as compact as the far east ones.
From reading what various people have said on the web, though they all look the same, they are not created equal.
So this is my delima.
The same goes for the mill.
Any help will be gratefully received.
P.s. i live in the UK.