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@Christmas_Man @Rhodesian_YuKari “would be better picking up an old bridgeport or other used knee mill”

Based on the website of the company still selling them: https://hardinge.com/product/milling/series-1/ and its specs plus common sense:

It weighs a ton, which means more expense in getting it to you and in place (and would normal garage concrete handle that well???), and comes in three voltage ranges, 208V, 230V (???, or is modern split-phase 240V fine for that??), or 460V, all 60Hz.

I gather the first and last are three phase, and it’s no fun at all to either get three phases added to your home service if it runs close enough to you to not cost a fortune, or to buy, wire and operate a converter. Or I suppose you could rent or buy a place that’s already set up for all this.

If you’re serious, though, those old machines are beautiful and capable. But will require learning a variety of skills, isn’t part of the Ghostgunner appeal is it’ll do all that for you as long as it doesn’t break down??