Originally Posted by
LeeWay
That may stand a chance of working for you. It all depends on the stiffness. At $2000, I can tell you that it is lacking in that.
I designed and built my own small mill using 80/20 as a skeleton to attach high quality some over sized parts to using steel and cast iron as mounting surfaces. It uses a little better spindle head I think and a lot more powerful motor.
It is just barely stiff enough to machine SS. I would not want to do much of it on there. I have over $6000 in that one. It has been upgraded a few times though. That added to the investment.
That machine looks more designed to machine wood, plastics, etc.
What type linear ways does it have?
What type power transmission?