"longrange" wrote in message
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Anyone here have experience with the OTMT line
of machines? Size and weight limit my basement
shop to bench mills.
TRAVERS has a 32% off sale until Aug 16th.
I'm interested in two OTMT mill/drills. One is
Travers no. 87-116-000 ($1,550) + shipping
and no. 87-115-195 ($1,500) + shipping.
http://travers.com

Used machines in my area are either junk or priced
way too high. Any info will be appreciated.
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This is a Sieg X3 mill which is sold as many brands. If you search on the
web for Sieg X3 you can find a ton of information and reviews. I have the
smaller X2 which is what it is. It works OK for light jobs but is not the
stiffest machine around. Although, any machine that would be stiffer would
be larger and heavier than I would want. One particular issue with my
machine is one turn of the dial is 0.0625" which makes large, precise
movements very awkward. Some versions are either metric or have the
0.100"/turn screw. I ended up retrofitting the cheap battery operated
digital scales.