I’ve used harbor freight stuff for years. If you don’t need ultra precision, and you don’t for dismemberment, then saving that cash can go to other tools.
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When you have 800 dollars and .125 of slop on the apron doesn't matter.
I used a Harbor Freight milling machine for awhile. It had no issue holding 0.006 inch tolerance.
Did you mod it in any way? I've seen artisan makes on YouTube soup up his harbor freight mill
I didn't mod it, I just built a really sturdy table to put it on.
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