Originally Posted by
metalmayhem
theres still lots of room for someone who wants to put out a decent kit for x2 mills .
Any converted bench top mill/drill is a turd in the big scheme of things but they work and can get the job done if a guy works within their limits and knows how to make them work . The x2 beats the crap out of using a sherline or the other small brands . The key thing is they are mill/drills and they were never designed for heavy mill work
I had 1 for a hobby machine which was a drill press made butcher job conversion but it worked and it was a cheap conversion , within no time it turned into 4 plus a g0704 . I've since upgraded and they all sit in the corner of my garage , except I'll be setting at least 2 of them back up for prototyping , and the original one will be going into a trophy like show case in my shop . Them little mills can produce some very fine detailed work but they have to be maintained and adjusted every few hundred hours of machining , it's a small price to pay for what a guy can get out of them