[Eluis]

Hi. I am looking for buy a cnc vertical mill.
I am going to open a shop and I have plan to work for factories and make too custom parts for cars and bikes. My budget for the machine is about $60,000 including tools. I was thinking first to buy a used machine but I live in Puerto Rico and is difficult to me to go out of the island for see the machines how works and the conditions. I have experience with haas machines.
I had 3 quotes: Haas vf-3 and Tm-3p.
Hardrige E-710
Milltronics RH20 and MM18.
I am thinking to buy the milltronics RH20 but I am not sure. I will appreciate any advice or recommendation.
Thanks.
Att Eluis.

[underthetire]

IMO, cant go wrong with a HAAS VF3. The TM is a little too light duty for a lot of production, but they do work well. You need to figure out how easy or hard it's going to be to get parts when the machine breaks. The HAAS will also carry a much better re-sale than the other two.

[DANTEATER]

buy a brother s2d and have the mtd include a tooling package. not certain that you'll hit price point you mentioned but look at what you are going to be getting for your money.