which is the best buy

[snowman]

Im at the point of purchasing a milling machine and or lathe..Which is the best brand to go with,service,quality,and price are the key points for me.

And the size..is a little bigger than you think you need a good rule to follow. My primary projects are snowmobiles and motorcycles. Ive been looking at grizs g1006 mill drill, and the 12x36 g4005 lathe

Thanks for any input.
Snowman

[lancedulak]

For that size projects you want as big as you can afford. Grizzly's have a great reputation. You might also consider looking on ebay for used industrial mills/lathes/edm's if you can transport them yourself. I almost bought an old working industrial EDM for.. get this $200. But id have had to borrowed a LARGE truck and driven 800 miles to pick i up.. plus find a small house to set it up in.

[JFettig]

I got my mill and lathe from homier, I had a few problems with the lathe right away, some parts binded up and homier was gonna replace them for me but it was gonna take around 10-14 days for them to get the parts so I ordered them at LMS and they reinversed me. They have great service if you use customer service by e-mail.

Jon