My Taig arrived last week while i was traveling for work and last night i unboxed it and made my first cuts with it. I'm really pleased with the quality and the feel for such a small machine. I told my wife to come into my 'workshop' to check out the mill and she had to take a few looks until she could actually find it, so either she was expecting a Bridgeport or my room is a mess!

I plan on moving to CNC, hopefully this year, and sooner rather than later.

-steve

Congrats on the new arrival, Steve.

"she had to take a few looks until she could actually find it, so either she was expecting a Bridgeport or my room is a mess!"

It sounds like it's time to clean your room and get a B'port! She may never notice...

Dean
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Thanks, Dean. And I actually ran into your website quite a while ago and it was actually a big part in helping me cement my decision on a Taig vs. Sherline vs. Seig

Hi Steve,

yeah alot of these guy's websites made me decide on a Taig also, all you have to do is look at the work thay do on their Taig machines. Dean, Jeff, Nick and quite a few others here and on Yahoo and other forums have been very very helpfull in my quest. I hope to have my lathe in a few weeks ! Do you have a Taig lathe too? or just the Milling Machine ? How do you like either or ??

Tony

Tony,
I have the CNC ready Taig mill, but i'm using the handles until i end up making the jump to CNC. The quality on the mill is better than I expected and I'm really happy with the Taig over an import. I only wish that i could drill easier like a drill press.

I also have a 7x14 lathe i got from MicroMark when it was on sale and free shipping. Looking back, the only reason i got the mini-lathe instead of a Taig is the powerfeed and most importantly being able to turn threads. the quality surely suffers on the minilathes and it takes a bit of 'tuning' to get it running smoothly. of course the finish also leaves a lot to be desired.

These tools are the right size for me since i'm an apartment dweller and don't have room for larger tools and larger projects.

Ok I see, you do have a Micro Mark, I was going to go that route too, but I hate to buy in NJ have to pay sales tax ontop of the shipping cost more $$, and the MM lathe is more expensive than other mini's to start with. I have heard that it is better than most Seigs though, better quality control I guess, steel gears, true inch and all that jazz. I am working in my house so size is a big thing for me too. If I could lick up a Mini cheap i would go that way I think, but for now saving $ for the Taig.

Thanks Tony

Steve,

Have you seen the "Engineman's" drill attachment?

I looked up his site for you but the pics are down so I found it through the "wayback machine" and it's still up.

Have a look:

http://web.archive.org/web/20080102064018/http://users.eastlink.ca/~jbentley/quill.html

Dave

Nice! thanks! i saw a similar one, but there were not very many detailed photos there. I'll have to add this to the project list.

It never Ceases to Amaze me what Guys come up with for their Taigs.....

Very Cool