[isaac338]

It doesn't matter what mill you buy, you'll eventually want to put something on it that exceeds it's travels.
Of course the bigger you buy, the chances of that are rarer.
4x7 IS small but as with any mill, you can mill the part in sections.
I milled a 22 inch long column on the stock X2, just had to do it in 3 setups.
The CNC mill at work has 42 inches of travel but some parts exceed that and have
to be flipped around to do the other side.
It's just a matter of how much work you want to do setting up,
do 2 setups on the X2 or maybe just one on an X3 for a given project.
Hoss

Good point - I hadn't considered just doing a part in sections. Seems like it's that much easier to get the X2 and then I'll have money left over for tooling and steppers

Just noticed the Cummins Tool version for $399.. at that price I could buy both the lathe and the mill and come out ahead