My jet 9x49 is older and well built. I almost pulled the trigger on a Tree UVR and kick myself for it. A couple years later my jet popped up for $1500 and I drove 200 miles to grab it.
I have a Chinese enco at work and it is a pile of crap. The jet mills with the large "m" in the casting are good machines for the money.
I am looking at a 9x49 Jet Saturday with 2 axis factory DRO and powered X-feed, VSD, cherry condition, have the hauling ability and it will fit into the space, but it ain't going for $1500 LOL.. Limited to one day round trip for used searching and I drive about 50 hours a week already, time is money, and time off is golden.
Nice little intro piece from PM.
https://www.precisionmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Choosing-and-Using-a-Mill-3-9-2019.pdf
