Hoss, I've looked at that mill before - I dig the DRO and it looks like a good machine. There's a store only a few minutes from my house but they didn't have any on display, maybe I'll call and see when they'll have some in stock and I'll have a better look. Worried about the MT2 spindle, though - from what I've read I think I'd rather have an R8.
JustSomeGuy, we're paying about a buck twenty for gas here (i think it's like 120.7 or something). The 13 hour drive is to the HF store - I'd have them ship it to the Yellow Transport depot in Calais, which is only about 5 hours from here. We'd drive down, pick the machine up, camp for the night somewhere, and then drive back the next day. May as well make a vacation out of it
Maybe I'd fill a few 20L cans in Maine where gas is like eighty cents
At the border, I'd be tempted to put the mill in the trunk and then buy a pair of pants or something as an excuse for only being stateside for a night.
I'm still torn as to whether to get the X2 or X3.. doesn't help that I have absolutely no experience, ya know?
I'll only have about $1200 to spend after this summer job comes through, so it's gonna hurt dropping the whole wad at once, especially since once I'm back in school I probably won't have much money lying around for tooling and the like.
Thanks for the advice, guys.