Ignoramus2537 wrote:

On 2012-12-09, Jon Elson wrote:
Ignoramus10589 wrote:


I have a person who is our CDL Class A driver, weldor, repairman, etc
and he needs a manual milling machine, hence the question.

Is he an expert machinist? Is he a very cautious guy with
new (to him) tools? If not, this thing could kill him!
One should not be learning the art of machining on a 20 Hp
machine. (Just my humble opinion.)

He may not be an expert machinist, but he is experienced.

i
I just wanted to point out that if he is learning machining, such
a powerful machine might not be the place to start. I've had a
few accidents and oopses over the years, and because I have a
fairly modest, low-powered machine, none of them were too
serious. I've had workpieces pulled out of the vise on a
number of occasions and had to dodge the flying parts. Once
it swiveled the head of my series-I Bridgeport about 45 degrees
before the motor stalled. With 20 X the HP, these could have
been bloody accidents instead of just minor repairs.

Jon