Mill Or Lathe

Like most who have commented already, I also went with a lathe first. I knew I wanted a mill but was working on a CNC router project. After getting quotes from local machine shops on the cost to machine ball screw ends I decided I could buy a small lathe for the same money and do the machining and threading myself, then sell it. After that I was hooked... and now 3 lathes and 2 mills later I think you gotta have both, but that first little lathe payed for itself in my mind the first month I owned it. My wife doesn't necessarily agree with my reasoning, but that's another story.
 
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