Quite a few years ago I finally managed to save up enough to buy a little HF mill. I had no illusions about the quality I was getting. Getting was way better than not getting at all. The ways were warped so that several inches of travel wouldn't travel. I lived with it for years, being creative about work piece sizes. A year or so ago I hung stepper motors on the little mill to do CNC. That made made the problem unworkable. Years of using nothing but the center of the table had aggravated...
Resusitating Some Chinese Iron
Resusitating Some Chinese Iron