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I've been watching CL, etc for a used mill to pop up. Something I could reasonably fit in the garage. I found this Enco for sale locally. Owner says it's like new, comes with a stand, vise, and some tooling. Anyone recognize the model? What would be a reasonable price?

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I've been keeping my eye out for a used drill press and saw this one today Delta 17-900, made in Taiwan, looks clean, $175 (bottom dollar, not asking)

I'd love to find a deal like that. In my area, that'd be listed for $3k.

For instance, the example in the photo, the tolerances aren't terribly important. If the slots are .48 or .45, it wouldn't make a huge difference. But I'd like to use it for other projects with tighter tolerances. But the finish looking like **** isn't really an option. And if I'm...

The router table is an interesting idea. Definitely less cost up front. I'm just trying to gauge if it's worth trying to do myself at all. I don't have a sense if it's going to take 2 minutes to mill a slot, 5, 15, 30?

Hmm, how slow or fast are we talking?

I have a couple of projects that I'd like to take on, and they require some aluminium milling. I've checked with some local shops, but after getting some quotes I'm considering trying it myself. I have zero machining experience and I'd have to buy a mini mill and any tooling from scratch...

DFW, TX I've been watching FB, CL, and a couple of apps like 5mile...

Two things seem to turn up here. Recent chinese presses like Ridgid, Porter Cable, HF, etc. Or, 70s and 80s Taiwan presses like this one.

I'm trying to replace my HF 10" drill press, hopefully with a nice older one How does this look? Owner says it works fine, just needs cleaned up.

It's made in Taiwan (1993). I drill a lot pin holes in steel making knives, does 500 rpm seem slow enough? What would be a good price?

Just looking a used drill press and ran across this, but the owner knows nothing about it...

I just finished putting together my first 2x72...