To cover cost of in Mill make things for friends 🙃

I currently have 4 cnc mills and a cnc lathe in my shop I regularly turn blocks of raw aluminum into whatever I want on a daily basis the gg3 does one thing and one thing only and doesn’t even do it that well

If you know anything about manufacture for what you spend on the gg3 you can build a nice mill

Teach me the way?

Yeah the gg2 has terrible Tooling deflection too, when cutting metal 3 things are king- speed,feed and stability. I haven’t seen the gg3 myself but it’s such a wimpy machine in previous incarnations I don’t have any hopes. Plus you can get mini end mils and lathe for almost as much from Harbor fruight, the mini end mill works very well and feels solid for the most part.

Converting a harbor freight style mill to cnc is fairly inexpensive and easy

My level of general mechanical proficiency is very high, my level of engineering and manufacturing is much lower.

Basically I can fix a thing or make a thing better, but I'm not great at going from raw material to thing.

From what I've read the GG3 is supposed to be a vast improvement, and as far as I'm aware, it's only limitation for what it can mill is it's size.

So for a first project I’d suggest a conversion from a bench top mill to a cnc mill

I wouldn't have the foggiest idea how to do that

I’m telling you the gg3 is garbage it’s overpriced

For what it is it’s not near worth it

I'm not arguing, I'm just saying what my research has lead me to believe.

Hopefully my friend who knows about CnC stuff gets his mill relatively soon and makes it a moot point.

I'd still get your own set up.

So basically with a mill conversion you will replace all your hand cranks with stepper motors for starters

Boognate knows what is up

@booglooman92 {OH} I do this shit for a living lol

@Soulless ima just a hobbyist 🙃 my uncle was a professional Smith for 60 year almost.

Hell yea

That’s my millwork

I did a major fudd project on my first go, I learned how to put a small ring Mauser barrel into a large ring action lmao

M48 with a m96 barrel lmao 😂

I just need my own tooling and I’ll start more small projects and who knows, maybe I’ll end up like area 419 one day.

Whats a good mill then to start with then?

What are you trying to do and what’s your budget

Oh boy my last piece of hardware for for my milispec Remington build.

Baby dick is applied

@MetalViking did you download those 3d print files?

@gu1never what budget are you trying to stick with

@Soulless Not sure as this would be first foray. But not big and reselling stuff once I get it.

Look at the mill at harbor freight that runs around 650 or a grizzly

@Soulless Will table top style be stable/fixed well enough?

Yes I’d bolt it down to your bench

The one I want.

Found a thing. https://www.machinestation.us/product/sharp-tmv-50-mp-3-3-axis-acurite-cnc-mill/?gclid=CjwKCAiA44LzBRB-EiwA-jJipO9lDVGmTPEY-AMODwIgufO5hGDunNoTUMGTNMS3fO9ChLsMbTUyYxoClrQQAvD_BwE

Lol never mind. I think that's a monthly payment.