Harbor Freight 44991 mini mill for $300?

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I bought a Harbor Freight 8x12 lathe today and the guy also had a HF mini mill 44991. It's about 5 years old, but has been used twice. He's wanting $300 for it, it doesn't have a scratch on it. He bought it thinking it would work on steel better than it does. He bought a much large mill then. Is this mill worth $300, I'm planning on buying a mill later on, but don't want to pass this up. To use on aluminum if its a good deal.

Bob
 
unioncreek said:
I bought a Harbor Freight 8x12 lathe today and the guy also had a HF mini mill 44991. It's about 5 years old, but has been used twice. He's wanting $300 for it, it doesn't have a scratch on it. He bought it thinking it would work on steel better than it does. He bought a much large mill then. Is this mill worth $300, I'm planning on buying a mill later on, but don't want to pass this up. To use on aluminum if its a good deal.

Bob
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I would buy it sounds like a deal to me but he must not have it setup correctly I have seen a lot of steel cutting on one of these.. Ray
 
I would agree that it's worth it if it's in the condition that you described, especially if it comes with any tooling too. It would be a great addition to you HF8x14 that's for sure. Doesn't hurt to ask him if he'd knock of $50 or so for buying both machines from him.
 
I think that's a good deal, about 1/2 price by the time it's delivered if you were to buy a new one. If you get it, you may want to look into converting the gear drive to belt drive (if it hasn't been done yet). The belt drive is a great improvement. A few relatively simple tweeks like a proper tramming, and you'll have a capable little mill. I bought one new about 2 months ago and I'm very happy with it.

Tom
 
I have the Harbor Feright Mini Mill...

Aside from having to set the gibs proper, convert it to 20TPI leadscrews and a few other elective modes ast the air spring and the spring release bar to hold the spindle while changing collets I would say its a pretty fair machine... Do not expect a new one out of the box as "ready to run". You need to go over them.
 
Where can you get a new one for $399? Best I have found is on sale for 539-20%+ shipping equals $485. Let me know how to get the $399 deal. They were at one point that much, but I haven't seen that in a long time.
 
On sale for 499.00, add in a 20% off coupon and you are there! That was in late January, and the latest delivery estimate is April so they must have been popular...
 
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