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Its incredable how much it cost to buy tooling for the miller machine, some cutters here in Aussie land are between $200 to $300 and I can get the same cutters with boring bars added sent from China for $81 and $20 deleived to my door within a few days, maybe the quility isn't as good but for what I am doing with my machines only time will tell and will only be used on alloy, but then the Aussie company might be getting the same cutters from China and just putting his own big huge profit on it.
When I first got my lathe and miller I brought a few tools from a machiny place loycal to me and payed the price as not knowing the size tools needed for my machine, spent $500 on tooling but once I knew what my tooling sizes were I found out that night I could have got the same parts on ebay for a lot less than what I payed for them, I mean about over $200 less with postage and all to my front door, just need to do your home work first.
Next tooling I will get for my workshop is a sanding belt for my bench grinder, I have the polishing wheel.

Ashley

<blockquote data-quote="ashman" data-source="post: 265625" data-attributes="member: 2326">Its incredable how much it cost to buy tooling for the miller machine, some cutters here in Aussie land are between $200 to $300 and I can get the same cutters with&nbsp; boring bars added sent from China for $81 and $20 deleived to my door within a few days, maybe the quility isn&#039;t as good but for what I am doing with my machines only time will tell and will only be used on alloy, but then the Aussie company might be getting the same cutters from China and just putting his own big huge profit on it.When I first got my lathe and miller I brought a few tools from a machiny place loycal to me and payed the price as not knowing the size tools needed for my machine, spent $500 on tooling but once I knew what my tooling sizes were I found out that night I could have got the same parts on ebay for a lot less than what I payed for them, I mean about over $200 less with postage and all to my front door, just need to do your home work first.Next tooling I will get for my workshop is a sanding belt for my bench grinder, I have the polishing wheel.Ashley</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ashman, post: 265625, member: 2326"] Its incredable how much it cost to buy tooling for the miller machine, some cutters here in Aussie land are between $200 to $300 and I can get the same cutters with boring bars added sent from China for $81 and $20 deleived to my door within a few days, maybe the quility isn't as good but for what I am doing with my machines only time will tell and will only be used on alloy, but then the Aussie company might be getting the same cutters from China and just putting his own big huge profit on it. When I first got my lathe and miller I brought a few tools from a machiny place loycal to me and payed the price as not knowing the size tools needed for my machine, spent $500 on tooling but once I knew what my tooling sizes were I found out that night I could have got the same parts on ebay for a lot less than what I payed for them, I mean about over $200 less with postage and all to my front door, just need to do your home work first. Next tooling I will get for my workshop is a sanding belt for my bench grinder, I have the polishing wheel. Ashley [/QUOTE]

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