[The Sherlines are excellent tools, for small work. Another brand you might
look at is Taig. They also make tools in the US (Arizona), and their mills
are a bit larger and more rigid than the Sherlines, for about the same
price. Their lathe is comparable to the Sherline, but costs a little less.
The finish on them isn't quite as nice as on a Sherline, and they don't have
as many accessories available, but they work about the same. See
www.taigtools.com for details.]

Andrew Werby
www.computersculpture.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Healey"
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 9:49 AM
Subject: Recommendations requested


On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 08:00:32 -0600, Steve Koschmann wrote:


"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


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?

Mostly small. Things I could fit in my pocket.


How much space do you have?

Very little, A 1 bedroom apartment.

How much money do youo have?

It depends on what I want to forgo. I'm planning to sell a 71 vw Type 3
which should yield me about U$1,500, and I can add to that if I have to.

Have you done a google search on Sherline?
Have you checked out the mini mills and mini lathes from all the
suppliers?

Hence the question. Serline is the only one I can find any detailed
information on.


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Mark Healey
marknews(at)healeyonline(dot)com