CNC Mill Best Bang for the $$

[houdini]

Hello I am new to machining, and really new to CNC.
I am working at a shop where they only have Milltronics CNC,s.

I have some mini manual machines, and a guy at work has a SHoptask-Shop-Master.

I want to eventually buy something quite larger, I wanted to know what the best bang for the buck was.
The Milltronics we have would be awesome but I dont have a min. of $50k.

Ive been looking at some CNC Knee mills for 10K, I saw a Tormach in a mag for like 7K these are more reasonable. for something at home but can make something decent.(from the info presented that is.)

[WayneHill]

Consider looking at the Haas family of mills. We have four mini-mills and looking to purchase a fifth one.

[patrick71100]

YOU CAN GET A LOT OF MACHINE IN THE 5,000 TO 10,000 RANGE A FRIEND OF MINE
BOUGHT A 99 FRYER BED CNC ATC,MACHINE FOR 10, WITH ANILAM CONVERSATIONAL CONTROL,I THINK YOU HAVE TO DECEIDE IF YOU NEED TOOL CHANGER,IF NOT I WOULD
GET A HURCO KM3P OR HAWK KNEE MILL HAVE SEEN THEM GO FOR 3,000 TO 8,OOO
HURCO CONTROL IS PROBABLY THE EASIEST AND THE FASTEST TO PROGRAM,I HAVE RAN
ABOUT 10 DIFFRENT CONTROLS OVER THE 15 YEARS,EMAIL IF NEED ANY HELP,
patrick71100@hotmail.com