Crash Course in Milling

[Intimid8tor]

The two vises I just bought cost more than my first mill.

Run, get away while you can. It's too late for me, save yourself

Too late. I am getting one in the next 10 days. I go back and forth between an X2, BF-20 and RF-45.

Most likely my decision will be made late at night, after having a few too many Capn n cokes.

[couch]

I have a 5" Glacern vice on my SX3 at home and 6" at work in the big mills.

[wash]

I've got you all beat, I bought a vise and I don't even have a mill.

There was a guy selling American Sun CNC style vises on eBay dirt cheap a while back so I bought a cute little 4" just to have. I think I paid less than $70 shipped.

I should have bought a half dozen, they are perfect hobby size vises and the quality is outstanding.

Any way I'm done bragging.

[Dr69er]

Too late. I am getting one in the next 10 days. I go back and forth between an X2, BF-20 and RF-45.

Most likely my decision will be made late at night, after having a few too many Capn n cokes.

I'm debating between the LMS X2 and the Grizzly G0704 (BF20), the RF-45
is not my cup of tea; as I don't like the overall design and mass...I'm
leaning towards the Grizzly/BF-20 as It has more vertical travel/capacity.

I am In for the group buy...

It is only a matter of waiting for my tax refund to come in around mid to late
February and getting comfirmation on which model milling machine we all settle on.

Thanks.

[docroc]

Found my BF-20 on craigslist for $300.00. Then spent 400.00 on tooling..........

[Intimid8tor]

Found my BF-20 on craigslist for $300.00. Then spent 400.00 on tooling..........

I HATE you! I have been looking and looking. You did really good. Congrats. What kind of condition, etc.

For tooling, I am really liking MSC. They have some great sales and they are really fast shippers. I ordered stuff Monday morning and it all came in Tuesday afternoon from 4 different warehouses.

My BF20 will be here on Friday assuming there are no delays in transit. Then comes the fun of cleaning the grease off, tramming it and breaking it in.

What kind of condition is yours in?

[ott1]

ott1, please do not post things as fact without knowing what you are talking about.

Does their vises make it anymore American than not if they are using Taiwanese castings? Anyways, I never put down their vises. All I stated that the materials origin.

[Targets From Us]

http://www.glacern.com/videolounge

sadly glacern isnt usa made as they claim. also they lack any repeat-ability in clamping. Chick and Kurt are the only vises we will ever run in our cnc machines

[ott1]

ott1, please do not post things as fact without knowing what you are talking about.

Does their vises make it anymore American than not if they are using Taiwanese castings? Anyways, I never put down their vises. All I stated that the materials origin. FACT: castings made in Taiwan. FACT: finished machining in USA. How's that for fact?