What's the issue this board has with dmg mori vmc?
I have a design and engineering firm that has been transitioning to a design build house over the past few years. One of my vendors has taken me under his wing and taken me from manual Bridgeport to cnc (he sold me a converted Lagun knee mill and together we use hsmworks /solidworks). I have reached the point where I'm tired of manually changing tools, cleaning the blizzard storm of chips off the floor, manually brushing lubricant on the work surface, and am really excited to try an automatic tool / workpiece probe.
I was all set to buy a "starter" VF2 Haas. But then the DMG Mori rep swung by and showed the ecoline 1100v. I got Christmas morning excited. But as I dug in (reading a couple posts here), dmg mori doesn't seem to produce a durable product. Google searches for best VMC , and mori seiki consistently pops up as "one of the best machines in the world" list. Which seems to be in stark contrast to what you guys have said.
Is it that the dmg merger ruined their reputation and reliability? Is it that the ecoline is a poor product in an otherwise great product line?
I guess my question is "Is the general consensus that the ecoline should be avoided?"
Is there a "How to buy an entry level VMC for noobs" thread that someone could link me to?
I have a design and engineering firm that has been transitioning to a design build house over the past few years. One of my vendors has taken me under his wing and taken me from manual Bridgeport to cnc (he sold me a converted Lagun knee mill and together we use hsmworks /solidworks). I have reached the point where I'm tired of manually changing tools, cleaning the blizzard storm of chips off the floor, manually brushing lubricant on the work surface, and am really excited to try an automatic tool / workpiece probe.
I was all set to buy a "starter" VF2 Haas. But then the DMG Mori rep swung by and showed the ecoline 1100v. I got Christmas morning excited. But as I dug in (reading a couple posts here), dmg mori doesn't seem to produce a durable product. Google searches for best VMC , and mori seiki consistently pops up as "one of the best machines in the world" list. Which seems to be in stark contrast to what you guys have said.
Is it that the dmg merger ruined their reputation and reliability? Is it that the ecoline is a poor product in an otherwise great product line?
I guess my question is "Is the general consensus that the ecoline should be avoided?"
Is there a "How to buy an entry level VMC for noobs" thread that someone could link me to?
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