That is beauty & the beast, could not put one of those in my Machine closet. I did squeeze a mill in lately. It is gear drive, DRO, and 120 AC, already added an upgrade, and built a second one. First machining project schooled me on two things.

One X axis must have power feed, manually trying to keep a continuous and steady feed was not in the cards for me. Also being a yawner, the finish was just ok. Power feed cured both problems.

Second, a mill is a chip slinger, makes a mess quickly, drill press is chip free by comparison.. Not sure why I was surprised by that fact, just never thought about it. Insert learn by doing . Solution built a chip containment apparatus, that is easy on and off the table, makes clean up really easy.

Couple of shots of the mill;

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