Looking at purchasing a turning center at work. For sure want Y axis live tooling and most likely a sub spindle. We’re a job shop in a company with normally low quantity parts but almost always have hole features and second opp lathe work. Material would be mostly steel but anything from plastic to A-2 is normal. We have a Prototrak lathe and it has its place but its time to move to the next level.
For those that own or have run one, whats your thoughts? How is accuracy and repeatability? How is the sub spindle, rigidity and power? The new BMT-65 turret sounds promising, anyone have their hands on one yet?
I setup a 2014 ST-30 at a place I was moonlight for awhile but never very critical parts and not in steel so didn’t get a feel for its accuracy capability. It had also been crashed and realigned. After that a slug of material was in the bar puller and wacked the collet chuck. The probe didn’t read right after that so guessing it was misaligned again. Doesn’t seem like it takes much but i wasn’t there for either wreck. Any feedback on this? The apps guy told me they don’t pin anything so in a wreck they move instead of breaking something?
I kicked around going with a Samsung or something like it but after looking at a friends I’m not sure I can get around that Fanuc control. Ive never ran a fanuc but after having haas it looks pretty rough.
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For those that own or have run one, whats your thoughts? How is accuracy and repeatability? How is the sub spindle, rigidity and power? The new BMT-65 turret sounds promising, anyone have their hands on one yet?
I setup a 2014 ST-30 at a place I was moonlight for awhile but never very critical parts and not in steel so didn’t get a feel for its accuracy capability. It had also been crashed and realigned. After that a slug of material was in the bar puller and wacked the collet chuck. The probe didn’t read right after that so guessing it was misaligned again. Doesn’t seem like it takes much but i wasn’t there for either wreck. Any feedback on this? The apps guy told me they don’t pin anything so in a wreck they move instead of breaking something?
I kicked around going with a Samsung or something like it but after looking at a friends I’m not sure I can get around that Fanuc control. Ive never ran a fanuc but after having haas it looks pretty rough.
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