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I have no knowledge of this Baileigh mill, but the picture makes it look like it has the same base casting and column attachment style as does the Precision Mathews, which I would definitely rate as a better system than my Grizzly. The specs I'm seeing say that the VMD-931G has 4.75" of quill travel which is only 1/4" less than the Bridgeport I used to work with, and more than twice what my little G0704 has available. I'd say the 4.75" should be more than adequate for almost anything you'll need to do, but the column can give you over a foot more Z-travel drop should you need it.

I will say that perhaps my biggest disappointment with my little Grizzly mill is the small amount of quill travel at just barely over 2", but rarely do any work that require accommodations for that short travel, while in spite of that shortcoming, I'm still quite happy with it and wouldn't likely be able to give any bigger of a mill a home anyway. Looks like that Baileigh is nearly four times the ship weight of my little G0704, but also twice the horsepower as well. I'm sure that it also has a host of other superior features to offer such as the power table feeds shown!