Peter Wiley wrote:
In article .com,
Greg Rudd wrote:

Hi all

I am in the market for looking for a mill I have had a look at Hare and
Forbes and the HM 50 seems to be the one for me to go for. I am just
wondering is there anyone else in the Sydney metro area that any of the
Australian readers would recommend.

Depends on if you want new or used. I'd talk with Richard Cannon at
Emco Machine Tools(02 9648 4377) and see what he had used first.

The HM 50 looks ok and I'm probably going to buy the HM 52G for work.
The one thing I really don't like about the HM 50 is the speed range.
220 RPM is way too high for a low speed if you're going to run any big
cutters. A B/port goes down to 80 RPM, IIRC.

PDW


Yeah I am not worried about new or used as long it is in good nick.
Yeah I was thinking of geting one of the 45 but when you add up the
costs of a stand an x-axis power feed, a collet set and a vice you get
near the same price as the 50