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Originally Posted by GTmike400
Sherline makes a good lathe, super precise. I have one. A CNC lathe is a little ridiculous though. Turning on the lathe is a lot of fun, and is easy with practice, milling is a lot more difficult. A CNC mill would be a little more worth the CNC trouble. With a CNC mill, you also need to be able to design parts, and write the code for it, usually involving CAD and CAM software.
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Mike: I have a mill mach. but I'm not able to work on it .But 4 years ago I owned a CNC system with a big mill: much more easyer than my modelling mill. Only to know something abt speeds and materials (well I used almost resin) and simply design a 3D, nurbs or faceted, convert in polygons, and the system by itself created the working path. Nothing hard. I done a lot of body shells for fun. Well it wasn't an hobby stuff, it costed a lot. I used those to protityping some my designs. Now I still using outsurce services: better design than mill to me. And it's faster synterization than milling just now.
And Chad: if you purchase a full 4 axes mill you'll have also a lathe
