So after about 6 years I think i finally outgrew my little Taig mill. So early in November 2012 I shopped around and settled on a shiny new PM-30LV. It had the travel that I wanted at a price my wallet could swallow so out went the credit card, and I pre ordered the mill (getting me 5% off and free liftgate service to my house). Sweet!

Weeks went by of giddy anticipation...

and by...

so I finally called up PM to see where we stood. "end of the month (December) you'll see it".... A week into January I call them back up mill-less..."Oh they are getting ready to ship from China right now, should only be a few more weeks"...Mid Febuary I call back up. "well the supplier in china is having problems with the motors they put on them, we're not getting them in anytime soon. But we can upgrade you to a PM-45M for free"...YES, sign me up...The following week I had a container tracking number so I could watch my beauty fair the open sea and land in California. Then one glorious day mid March....


which was instantly followed by:


so I could make this: