ronan
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There are other mills which are as versatile and more rigid, even Bridgeport themselves eventually did one, the Series 2.
Personally if I was going for a manual knee mill I would either be looking for a decent Series 2 or more likely a Tos FNK or similar.
Having said that there is nothing wrong with a decent series 1 as long as you know the limitations, especially of the R8, just as you say they are overrated.
The beaver mill is a heavy bridgeport clone thats supposed to be good, but getting a bit long in the tooth at this stage.