UPDATE: couple months in an loving the mill but have to admit I do wish I would have gotten bigger but that doesn’t mean this machine isn’t capable cause it is but it’s limit is it’s size for a lot of the work I’ve tried to do with the machine a 6 to 8 inch wide table on the y axis would be ideal for me but even with the smaller table size it’s actually bigger than other mini mills like the sieg x2. The wen comes with the upgraded base so it’s larger by a couple inches than the other machines that looked identical. U can tell if the table has a end cap on both ends then it’s more than likely the larger table if it only has the cover on the end with the crank handle then it’s one of the smaller tables so I’m so glade I went with the wen over the sieg and lms machines just for that. Have used half inch 4 flute carbid endmills half inch HSS roughing endmills 1.5 inch facing endmill or shell endmill an a 2.5 inch fly cutter an everything seems to work perfect with the machine. I’ve added the cheap dro an that made it a new machine but my biggest concern was the max capacity of the tools it can use. I have collets that go all the way to a 7/8 so close to an inch but have used anything that large an when reading the facing or shell endmill im using is already bigger than it suggest but it’s worked fine no issue an I was actually planning on going back an getting a 3inch but I learned it’s max is suppose to be 1 1/8 for facing endmills and the flycutter I’ve been using is 2.5 inch an it works too but it doesn’t leave the best finish but I think that due to the tool I have in it an not it’s size but I’ve not been able to find anything related to the it’s max capacity for the flycutter. What is the rest using with them an did I go to big for the flycutter and facing endmill or can I go ahead an get the bigger facing endmill without worry. Since it’s worked so well with the flycutter i feel like the 3 inch facing endmill will work fine but I can’t say for sure til i try one but I’m less likely to spend the money out of fear it would be pointless due to it being to big. Sharing some newer pictures of some stuff it’s cut to give a better idea what the finish looks like cause the first picture I shared was with me clamping the parts to the table with what I could find laying around, now I have vises clamping kits an custom clamps and I have a better idea of what I’m doing, still don’t claim to know what I’m doing just a little better of than I originally was so the parts I’m making look alot better than the first stuff I shared. I’ll share as much as it will let me to try to show all the tools I’ve used but the t slot cutters an v slot cutters it’s not letting me upload images of so it’s as much as it will let me share.had planned on buy from little machine shop but all of there machines wanted to add a extra 200 to 250 on top for shipping so it put them out of my budget while at the same time the price was slowly going up on all of the machines week by week. when i first started looking at them the wen was 899 an the seig x2d was 799 an now they are both over $1000 now, an im seeing the wen priced for $1200 on wen website so i went ahead an got the wen cause it was $948 when i got it an im so glad i did. its been perfect for me so far to learn with so even if there was something wrong i probably wouldnt know what to look for to find it but so far im slowly getting material to use on it an it seems to deal with aluminum an brass with no issues an im going to try steel today but im pretty sure it will do just as good with that, i'll just have to slow down the cutting speed i guess but if you are looking for a machine that works out of the box this is it. i cant say much for the others cause this is my first experience with a machine like this but im absolutely loving it.