If I were in your shoes I would buy one of the used bridgeports that you have seen and instsall a VFD or get a rotary phase converter to go with the mill. I opted for the rotary phase converter because more than one piece of machinery can be run off of it and they can be ran at the same time as long as no one motor exceedes the HP rating of the converter.
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Bill Burke
ABS Master Smith 2008
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