Sodick Hole Popper - any good?

G-Auto · Feb 21, 2007

This guy is on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sodick-K1CN-CNC-EDM-Hole-Popper-1991_W0QQitemZ270091007009QQihZ017QQcategoryZ25277QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Does anyone have experience with these?

I am looking for a hole popper to do wire EDM start holes.

TIA

TheMetalDoctor · Feb 21, 2007

This is an older version of the one I use. Mine is a '95 model and am very happy with it. Between '91 and '95 many changes were made. My machine uses Vitol KS.

TMD

roysol · Feb 22, 2007

The guy I use for hole popping has one, and likes it a lot. If that is the CNC version, it is ungodly expensive compared to the manual version ($80K new, now I think). If it goes for a low price, it might be a good buy.

Cheers!

Roy Solomon

chino-71-zx · Feb 22, 2007

I have a Sodick K1C and the main drawback is that the Fluid is expensive! I have used Sodick, Charmilles HD8 and HD20. I would go with the Charmilles HD20 for my choice. I uses DI water from the wire machine. FOr a few holes you can just use tap water if you are in a real hurry but in the long run for a lot of hole it is better to use DI water. Useing the tap water will affect time(it take a bit longer). Stay away from the HD8 if you plan to be doing a lot of holes at one time. The machine cannot keep up and the boards heat up. For production the HD20 is excellent and I have personally done a 0.1 mm hole fairly easy. I have never used a HD30 but that may be a good choice too...

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