[Malcolm]

I have a small Harrisons mill. It is a stand alone unit and I have found it very useful for making lots of little things that aren't round (ie done on a lathe). It was a 2nd hand machine out of a school workshop. It has a 30 inch bed and has auto feed. It has what we call in the UK a 3 phase power supply ie 415 volts. I run it off a power converter ie a single phase supply and it seems to work just fine. By going for the 3 phase powered machine I got a cheaper machine with better capability. I paid £700 for it with cutters and two cutter holders. I bought, for £50, a 12 inch rotating table (second hand again) which has proven usefull occaisionally that bolts on the main bed so I can mill curves!

It is useful that the mill head rotates as well and I can get angle cuts as well as pure vertical or horizontal.

It also has a collant tank but requires an external pump delivery system to be fitted for that to work best.

All in all the machine weighs about 0.75 tones, takes up less space than my single phase lathe and stand only about5 ft 6 inches tall.

I am pleased with it, simple to use for simple jobs and allows me to save some development costs others have no choice but to incur.

Not cnc controlled.