Originally Posted by
Vettepilot
@mmb17
Do keep an eye on that HF mill. They are apparently famous for the motor going bad. Mine did, and when it went bad, it got scary hot. The motors are not thermal limited with a safety switch to turn them off if something goes wrong.
Granted, I had finally overloaded mine, but when I got to studying about it looking for a new motor, I found many, many complaints about the motors burning up, even when not overloaded. Be careful. They are definitely "light duty use only" from what I've been able to learn.
Vettepilot