Hi. I am new here. Did a bit of machine shop stuff in high school. Loved it. Life took me down a different road. Decades later now I have weekends available. Have a drill press with 4" cross-slide vise and some HSS end mills. A 4x6 HF bandsaw. So, nothing very precise coming out yet, but I make chips. Life is good. Oh, and a 1-ton HF shop crane. And best of all a garage I can futz in.
I have zeroed in on the LMS 5500 and the PM25 mills as next on the list. Have watched the Hoost videos. Googled and read for a few hours. (Well, more than a few actually. Fun hobby.)
Question 1: Any suggestions of pros/cons or compare/contrast between these two?
Question 2: I think I will spring for the power feed right off. Anything else should obviously be started with? (I am not seeing why I need DRO. I have hand wheels. In theory (and certainly traditionally) that is enough. I must be missing some key value they bring.)
Thanks.
And, Hello.
-Bill
I have zeroed in on the LMS 5500 and the PM25 mills as next on the list. Have watched the Hoost videos. Googled and read for a few hours. (Well, more than a few actually. Fun hobby.)
Question 1: Any suggestions of pros/cons or compare/contrast between these two?
Question 2: I think I will spring for the power feed right off. Anything else should obviously be started with? (I am not seeing why I need DRO. I have hand wheels. In theory (and certainly traditionally) that is enough. I must be missing some key value they bring.)
Thanks.
And, Hello.
-Bill