I am just adding milling capability to my home shop. I will not be doing production work. I have a HAAS VF2 on order. I am wondering if it is worth the money to step up to the VF2 SS. The cost increase is the same as adding a 30 tool capability and a higher speed spindle to the VF2 I have on order.
I understand the advantage of the 20 vs 30 tool carousel. My question is are the additional RPMS provided by going from a VF2 to the SS model needed? The change in machines takes the spindle speed from 8K to 12K.
I am trying to avoid spending this amount of money and then wishing I had purchased the additional capabilities later.
When would I use or need the extra 4K of spindle speed and is it worth making sure I have that level of performance?
Thanks for the help on this.
I understand the advantage of the 20 vs 30 tool carousel. My question is are the additional RPMS provided by going from a VF2 to the SS model needed? The change in machines takes the spindle speed from 8K to 12K.
I am trying to avoid spending this amount of money and then wishing I had purchased the additional capabilities later.
When would I use or need the extra 4K of spindle speed and is it worth making sure I have that level of performance?
Thanks for the help on this.