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  1. 04-05-2017 #8
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    I still use it most weekends. It's a surprisingly good machine for the size, I think due to having substantial bed slides then for example an X3. If you're looking for a machine to fit on a workbench, I'd certainly recommend it.

    Here it is milling a keyway in a titanium shaft:
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    About the only change I've made to the machine recently is to add a spacer block of steel under the column, to drill the end of this shaft:
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    Some general milling of aluminium:
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    Old router build log here. New router build log here. Lathe build log here.
    Electric motorbike project here.
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