How many of you guys have Mini-Lathes and Mini-Mills and what you are doing with them and how? I have both but I can't "show and tell" cuz in my case, I'd have to do ya in...lol.. I do enjoy working with them and couldn't do what I do without them. There are times that I would prefer something bigger with some jobs, but because of the shortage of space here at the shop at home, I am limited. I rarely need to make anything big so it does work out well for me and if I do, I just run over to the manufacturing plant.
There is a lot that you can do with them and I'm always playing around making simple things like custom tools that I need for the shop as well as my tune parts. I'm not a real "pro" at it but given enough time I can usually accomplish what I set out to do. The big secret is to never hurry. Calculate or measure three times, double check the setup and proceed. With milling and cutting, believe me, haste makes waste. I do have a larger chucks as well as a four jaw chuck and a ton of different accessories and cutting tools for it and the mill. They are great tools and can be a lot of fun.
So....what say you..