Jay Fleming
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Aug 7, 2014
- Location
- Noble, OK
Long story short, I'm selling a CNC lathe and will have a small bit of cash that I'm dedicating to shop upgrades. Depending on how the discussion goes, I may try to sell a different piece of equipment to add to the pot. 90% of what I do is in-house work and I can currently handle everything that goes out.
The options I'm leaning towards are: buying a stand alone rotary indexer (Haas 5C for example) to add a +1 axis to my existing 3 axis CNC knee mill (my most used machine) plus additional tooling; an inexpensive used 30x16 or so VMC that adds a tool changer, faster spindle and feed rates and enclosure (Fadal 3016 at auction possibly, I would probably also sell my knee mill if I did this); or go outside the box and get a CNC Plasma to add a bit of plate cutting ability.
The VMC is my most desired route but CNC plate cutting is something that seems to have more efficiency and can possibly supplement enough to save up for a VMC. Every time I think I've decided, I'm not sure.
Thoughts?
The options I'm leaning towards are: buying a stand alone rotary indexer (Haas 5C for example) to add a +1 axis to my existing 3 axis CNC knee mill (my most used machine) plus additional tooling; an inexpensive used 30x16 or so VMC that adds a tool changer, faster spindle and feed rates and enclosure (Fadal 3016 at auction possibly, I would probably also sell my knee mill if I did this); or go outside the box and get a CNC Plasma to add a bit of plate cutting ability.
The VMC is my most desired route but CNC plate cutting is something that seems to have more efficiency and can possibly supplement enough to save up for a VMC. Every time I think I've decided, I'm not sure.
Thoughts?