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Originally Posted by stiffy
Aussie,
If you keep up with the purchases you wont have any room for the car 
STIFFY |
Both machines have replaced ones that I already had so I haven't used up too much extra space. It's probably taken up more of a footprint because I set the new mill a bit further away from the wall. I've found it's better to have some room to move around the machine for safety and comfort.
Rob, my first lathe was a combination Lathe Mill. It was great and I made a heap of stuff on it. I found after a while for the jobs I wanted to tackle that the Mill was a bit lacking on it. Not enough table or travel. I bought a geared head Mill Drill and that expanded my options. Then I saw the geared head lathe I had in the Trading post and took a look. It was good so I bought it and sold the lathe/mill combination machine.
One good thing about single phase hobby type machines is that they don't seem to loose their value. and there's a big market out there for them. I got close to what I paid for the Lathe/Mill and it was sold at 6:30AM the day the add came out. I owned it for about 3 or 4 years so it was machining for free.
The big Cincinnati milling machine came up a year later and I bought it and sold the Mill drill for about what I paid for it.
I have a lot more tied up in these 2 machines but the way steel prices and the exchange rate are going they will only be going up in price to replace.
If you've got the space I would highly reccomend to any automotive enthusiast to buy a Lathe and a Mill as well if you can justify it. They are lots of fun.
Cheers