HI Mark:

This is a very generic question with not really enough info to answer
properly.

Bob's "kind of short" retort is not really meant to turn you off
metalworking (he is a good guy, usually with very good comments and posts)
but you need to do some work too.

Like:
What are you making -- big stuff, small stuff?
We all started small , and most have upgraded to bigger, better stuff.
Remember, you can do small stuff on big machines, but not vice versa.
How much space do you have?
How much money do youo have?
Have you done a google search on Sherline?
Have you checked out the mini mills and mini lathes from all the suppliers?
(My opinion only but MUCH better deal for what you get -- again, do a google
search and read/see what othe poeple are doing). There are literally
hundreds if not thousands of sites on the web.

Bottom line, thte Sherline stuff is good. It is precise, well made and
SMALL! Like really small. You cannot go wrong buying it -- or reselling it
if you find you need to upgrade.

Let us know if you need more specific recco's,, and this group is pretty
good about responding.

Steve Koschamnn

"Mark Healey" wrote in message
news
As I've been bemoaning my lack of access to a proper metal shop I've come
to realize that about 80% of the milling and lathing could be done on
table top machines.

I've never done any metal machining but to my untrained eye the Serline
products look pretty good (and their CNC software is GPLed).

Opinions?



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Mark Healey
marknews(at)healeyonline(dot)com