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Originally posted by Khledar
MadDogMe has an excellent point about auctions, remember older == crappier, lots of old equipment is high precision, and you can get the power you need for a fraction of the cost - keep in mind, replacement parts and their availability when you buy such a machine used.
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What Khledar meant was older != crappier. (older does not equal crappier).
I got a second hand mill for $450 US including mill bits, collets and a nice drill collet (+ table and bunch of other junk).
It is plenty powerful for what I need (1HP). While there are a few things that could be better, it is a much better buy than the 1750US we were looking at for a new toy mill.
A good manual mill will likely weigh a lot. You can make heavy stuff with a light mill. Copper will eventually give a light mill trouble if you don't take care.