Ok, so I am not a machinist or a professional gunsmith. I have a couple of friends with full sized bridgeports, but I hate to impose on them. So I have been looking at ways I could do small jobs myself. I don't have a full sized shop or or even room for a real lathe or a full sized mill. I cant even get 220v run to my garage for less than these tools (was quoted $2300 to get 220v to my garage for a welder and compressor.) Then I got to thinking, every single favor I have asked of my machinist buddies has been physically small. Cutting slides for MRD, custom head for a tripod, making small part adapters for sights, new linkage for my golf cart, etc, everything I have ever paid or begged someone else to machine has all been small, easily able to fit in these things. Even something like finishing 80% lowers would easily fit here, and both of these together, including tooling aren't much more than what ghost gunner wants for their rigs.
I present to you:
HiTorque Mini Millhttps://littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=5100But wait, there's MORE...
In researching this post, I discovered the
SEIG mini mill ...which is even smaller and cheaper!!! And
they have a matching latheSo, dear reader, I am relying on you to tell me why these fantastic looking little machines are a bad idea.