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Originally posted by jaydee116
Well, I don't think a solid backbone and Z drive screw is any good if the table is garbage. 
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My table was pretty good until I tightened the gibs up too tight and bentthe table dovetails inwards in the middle. Those steel gibs that come stock on it.... i soon replaced with custom bearing bronze ones that are split like the big boys use(they wont bind no matter how far I tighten them) and havent had to tighten them up so far to get a 0.003" of an inch of runout with my Starrett dial indicator, and smooth travel that I could push from end to end with my finger(before I put the stepper drive back on) on the x axis full travel. Pretty damn accurate for a chinese mill IMO.
But DAX.....just save yourself some time and get a big boy mill.
I would have if I wasnt so broke when I first purchased the Mini mill!