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Originally posted by dax
Still have to check Rong Fu... but oh damn those sherlines look soooo sexy... http://www.sherline.com/images/5400apkg.jpg but it also looks like it's going to fall down really soon heh... is the base heavy enough to keep the thing upright? (i guess you need to bolt it down anyhow)
Oh yea I don't have to much space either... so maybe a small (light?) mill like the sherline would fit around here (atleast you can move it, unlike the heavier ones...). Oh yea how does it actualy "perform"? How does it cut alu & cu (as those are the metals i'll use the most)?
http://www.penntoolco.com/catalog/products/2231.cfm that rong fu looks nice... not too expensive either...
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That Rong Fu is $875+shipping+tooling. it will be well over $1,000. My little sherline does fine with Aluminum.
This only took a hour and a half.
Of course that was with CNC.
You can do Copper with good endmills with the Sherline. It is slow though, but if you use the hand wheels you will be going slow anyways.
Did this with the CNC:
1/2" wide and 3/8" deep. Took 45mins.
Did this one with the HAND wheels.
took about an hour.
Did this one with the hand wheels also:
That one took about an hour.
The Sherline is far from useless.
Not bad for a 35lb mill!
