including a milling machine. Granted that might be a slight exaggeration, but [Maximum DIY] was still able to use his budget-blowing lathe to make a decent milling machine mostly from scrap.

"Pavement milling machines are very simple to run ... "For example, you probably wouldn't use the same tool on a 900-hp machine that you would on a 450-hp machine," Kant says.

Throwing down for their new highway class milling machine wasn't the end of their ... the job starts is we'll come out here, survey it using the total station and a rod with a data collector ...

For precision machining on hard metal, machine rigidity is of utmost importance. [Ivan]’s original CNC mill made extensive use of lightweight aluminum extrusions with 3D printed fittings.