noahjlb
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Aug 19, 2002
- Location
- West Linn, Oregon
Sometimes life kisses you on the lips.
I have the opporunity to buy two CNC bed mills at good prices. I only can afford one.
The haas bed mill is one of these mills and edges out the other bed mill just slightly in terms of h.p., milling envelope size, table capacity etc...and other stuff but just ever so slightly. BUT, i don't know the Haas controller nor how to compare it to the centroid 400 on the other bed mill. Though a CNC beginner i am very familiar with the centroid controller which the other bed mill has. and, well, i like centroid and have played around with it before and have seen what you can do with it. The Haas controller has been demo'ed for me but i don't have enough knowledge to really make a good comparison. I guess what i am really asking is: am i going to be disappointed with the Haas controller and wished i had gotten the other mill with the centroid 400 ? I know for experienced machinists and CNC gurus this is really a dumb-assed question but it's keeping me up nights. Any opinions would be appreciated. Assume both bed mills are exactly equal, just different controllers- one with a Haas controller and the other with centroid. Which one would you pick ? And don't tell me i am comparing apples and oranges. I'm comparing granny smiths and wine saps. opinions please !
I have the opporunity to buy two CNC bed mills at good prices. I only can afford one.
The haas bed mill is one of these mills and edges out the other bed mill just slightly in terms of h.p., milling envelope size, table capacity etc...and other stuff but just ever so slightly. BUT, i don't know the Haas controller nor how to compare it to the centroid 400 on the other bed mill. Though a CNC beginner i am very familiar with the centroid controller which the other bed mill has. and, well, i like centroid and have played around with it before and have seen what you can do with it. The Haas controller has been demo'ed for me but i don't have enough knowledge to really make a good comparison. I guess what i am really asking is: am i going to be disappointed with the Haas controller and wished i had gotten the other mill with the centroid 400 ? I know for experienced machinists and CNC gurus this is really a dumb-assed question but it's keeping me up nights. Any opinions would be appreciated. Assume both bed mills are exactly equal, just different controllers- one with a Haas controller and the other with centroid. Which one would you pick ? And don't tell me i am comparing apples and oranges. I'm comparing granny smiths and wine saps. opinions please !