Help recommend a milling machine?

[DiogenesParticipant @diogenes]

Such injustice 😁

I actually recommended MT because the opening post mentioned “a forging workshop” and a Bridgeport having been considered but being too big for the space – so the ability to use taper-shank drills and other tooling seemed to fit the bill, for the situation as I perceived it – all of the forges I have ever been into are distinctly ‘Archdale’ territory..

Nonetheless..

I’m sure we both recognise that the commonplace availability of R8 in the hobby-mill market is a relatively recent innovation and I certainly wouldn’t exclude a number of very good machines just because they employed a self-holding taper – I’ve certainly never felt any need to change just because of the taper.

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