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[–] jamesed [S] ago 

I have been reading the comments and YES THE MILL I POSTED IS AN OLDER MODEL. BUT (BIG BUT HERE) most of us don't have 20 to 50k to spend on a vertical mill. My post was for getting the cheapest way possible to build your own fire arm. YOU DON'T NEED A 20 to 50k milling machine to do that. So in practice I limited my search to around $2000.00. That is the price of about 3 fire arms.

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[–] toggafreggin ago 

Just build one from scratch. Leadscrews, linear rails, clearpaths, smoothieboard control, steel tubing and some gumption is all that's necessary to build a pretty capable gantry table.

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[–] roman_socialism ago 

Openbuilds is better

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[–] WORF_MOTORBOATS_TROI ago 

What's the main difference between a vertical milling machine and a drill press?

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[–] bbqchipz ago  (edited ago)

Each of the Axis' moves at a standardized length with a dial or a computer controlled device. They also make Horizontal Mills which are just the same thing just the Z axis goes left and right not up and down.

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[–] SixTeaNine ago 

I believe its number of axes (the one in OP's post is 3 whereas drill press has 1) plus more configuration/control over operation. Not an expert though so may be off a bit.

The one in OP's post is pretty ancient. I know the newer ones are tens of thousands of dollars and are 5 axis.

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[–] bbqchipz ago 

They make 7 axis mills that you can spin the table fast enough to do lathe work in as well.

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[–] feral-toes 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The bearings. The milling machine has bearings that maintain accuracy despite side thrust. The drill press has

bearings that get fucked up by side thrust. So you cannot use a drill press for milling.

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[–] Roughboy ago 

Xometry is one. I'm standing in front of a Haas VF-4 right now.

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[–] 24160405? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Those are around 20k. Nice.

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[–] bbqchipz 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

As someone who works in the industry, job contracts are pretty slim right now. I wouldn't expect to make any money off your milling machine in the near future.