New Milling Machine?

junebug · Aug 18, 2010

I work in a power plant with a small machine shop. We have 2 lathes,vertical mill, small surface grinder ,4" radial arm drill ,cold saw, power hack saw. I would like to purchase another manual mill for the shop as our Lagun is usually tied up with people waiting to use it. What is the best mill for the money. Parts availability is also important. Our mill is a 9x42 variable speed with DRO, something a little bigger would be nice but not a deal breaker. We want a good machine that will hold up not a cheap pieceof s--t. Whatever we get will be here a long time. Lets here it.

GreenbushChuck · Aug 18, 2010

Based on the experance I have over the last 20 years in our shop I would go for a Good Referb. Bridgeport from the early 1990's.

RH68 · Aug 18, 2010

How about another Lagun? Sounds like you have an FTV-1. They make 3 larger versions: FTV-2, FTV-3, and FTV-4. They are still made in Spain and imported into Long Beach. Parts availability is no problem.

RC99 · Aug 18, 2010

Sharp
Acer
Lagun

All make turret style mills larger then a bridgeport and are supposed to be good quality...

SND · Aug 18, 2010

Get another Lagun, a bit more money but still quite reasonable for what they are. Way better than all the Sharp and any other Taiwan import I ever used. With a Lagun you don't have to worry about parts nearly as much as a Sharp/First and others, because they quite simply don't go through parts/belts/switches and everything else, like that. By the time you need a part for a Lagun it'll probably be 10yrs from now or more depending on how people are using it.

Mud · Aug 18, 2010

Wells-Index. Super beefy, zero maintenance, all American made in Michigan, the best mill of that type you can buy. Good used if they won't spring for a new one. CNC or manual knee type milling machines, vertical, horizontal and combination mills from Wells Index

hkcarbine · Aug 19, 2010

Lagun

I just upgraded from a Bridgport Clone to a 20 year old Lagun FTV-2S. What a perfect machine. A little table damage but everything works and is really a solid machine!

HKcarbine

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