david n
Diamond
- Joined
- Apr 13, 2007
- Location
- Pillager, MN
The ST series has been out for a bit now, any owners out there want to comment on them? Any real improvements over the SL's? Are they even getting remotely close to the Japs?
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Talking with the HFO rep, he summed up the new ST's as pretty much the same machine
I got one of the last SL-10's...was thinking of going with the ST...but really didn't have the time to wait for it, it would have added another month or so to the 6- 8 week lead time on the SL-10. Talking with the HFO rep, he summed up the new ST's as pretty much the same machine, just a slightly different configuration giving them more room to implement Live Tooling. Most of the other upgrades where added to the SL line as time went on. Looking at the spec sheet I didn't see a difference.
However curious to see if anyone chimes in on any differences...
Haastec,
Any connection to Haas other than your screen name? Have any imput about the ST lathes?
Sounds like your "salesman" was "selling" you to move the SL-10.
Not looking at buying. Just started this thread purely out of curiosity.
If I where to buy today, I would go with a Doosan. They offer an 8" chuck machine with a 2.625 bar capacity at a very attractive price. Haas really choked with the new ST's and not offering oversized bar capacity.
I for one ain't too keen on the integral spindle lathes though. No matter how good the cooling system, you always get _a lot_ of thermal drift, effecting part size. On the order of .001" to .002"! Plus, the heat inside the rotating spindle shaft has nowhere to go but through the bearings.
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