MasterSpoon
14th Sep 2016, 10:01 AM
I have had enough of my old cheap crappy drill press that doesn't drill holes at 90 degree's. I could try fix it but the quill has horrible slack and the table flexes when pressing down to drill holes so it's not worth even trying.
Looking to either pick up a drill press or a milling machine with a quill.
I'm in Toowoomba, can travel to Brisbane but not heading down to Sydney / Melbourne, ect
Prefer 3MT so I can use all my existing tool holders from the lathe tail stock. If I can't find anything second hand I'll probably just pick up one from Hare & Forbes at their next 3 day sale which means I have until November.
Drill press I would be looking at something like this
https://www.machineryhouse.com.au/D598#
This is $770 normal but would expect sale price around $729 based on the April 3 day sale
Mill I would be looking at something like this
https://www.machineryhouse.com.au/M123
$2,255 normal price / on sale for $2,189 now which is same as April 3 day sale
That should hopefully give an indication on machine and price range,
open to the idea of a bigger milling machine but budget would not stretch to much further.
I have been trying to keep an eye on ebay / gumtree / graysonline / other auction sites but have not seen much pop up, let me know if you know of any. (or if there are any major issues with the above linked machines that means I should not be considering them)
Regards
Wayne
Looking to either pick up a drill press or a milling machine with a quill.
I'm in Toowoomba, can travel to Brisbane but not heading down to Sydney / Melbourne, ect
Prefer 3MT so I can use all my existing tool holders from the lathe tail stock. If I can't find anything second hand I'll probably just pick up one from Hare & Forbes at their next 3 day sale which means I have until November.
Drill press I would be looking at something like this
https://www.machineryhouse.com.au/D598#
This is $770 normal but would expect sale price around $729 based on the April 3 day sale
Mill I would be looking at something like this
https://www.machineryhouse.com.au/M123
$2,255 normal price / on sale for $2,189 now which is same as April 3 day sale
That should hopefully give an indication on machine and price range,
open to the idea of a bigger milling machine but budget would not stretch to much further.
I have been trying to keep an eye on ebay / gumtree / graysonline / other auction sites but have not seen much pop up, let me know if you know of any. (or if there are any major issues with the above linked machines that means I should not be considering them)
Regards
Wayne