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new vs. old bridgeport

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Hey Guys,
Im looking for some input here and im new to the forum. We have an older ez trax Bridgeport from the 90's and it needs to be gone thru from top to bottom. We have talked to a few companies that rebuild these mills and we were told it would cost in the high 20k range. That would include everything gone thru and painted with an acurite controller. We also got a quote for a brand new Bridgeport with similar specs with an acurite controller for about 31k. My question is I have heard, from a salesman, the new bridgeports may not be as ridged as the old ones and are made cheaper. Is there any truth to that? It would be nice to keep the old mill for loose tolerance parts, but im wanting to hear from people that have ran the newer stuff. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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