fltenwheeler
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Looking for recommendations for a CNC mill working in a job shop environment. I am thinking about a Brother. Looking for recommendations.
Thanks
Tim
Thanks
Tim
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Looking for recommendations for a CNC mill working in a job shop environment. I am thinking about a Brother. Looking for recommendations.
Thanks
Tim
My son and I have been talking. We feel the you have to have a machine of some type on the floor to start with. Are we wrong in our thinking? All we have now is 4 manual Lathes going up to 16”. 2 manual mills. And a very old Bridgeport Series 1 that has Mach-3 running it. The shop I purchased the Bridgeport from moved up to a Haas Mini Mill. The spindle speed is to slow for the small end mills he is using. So I am learning from him also.
Tim
Your first mill for GP use should be a 40" X travel, Cat 40 mill with 8000 RPM (basics)
It should have RIGID TAPPING
Nice options to have on your first mill would be:
A) 4th axis
B) Geared Head (high/low transmission)
C) Coolant through would be nice, but maybe not needed for the G/P machine?
It wouldn't need to be real high pressure for G/P mill.
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Think Snow Eh!
Ox
Your first mill for GP use should be a 40" X travel, Cat 40 mill with 8000 RPM (basics)
It should have RIGID TAPPING
Nice options to have on your first mill would be:
A) 4th axis
B) Geared Head (high/low transmission)
C) Coolant through would be nice, but maybe not needed for the G/P machine?
It wouldn't need to be real high pressure for G/P mill.
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Think Snow Eh!
Ox
Sounds like a HAAS VF2 would be the best bang for your buck, decent travels 8k-12k+ RPM spindle, easy to use probe system, thru coolant option, VPS for simple conversational programming etc. We actually have a new mini mill with a 10k spindle we use for job shop work in steels and stainless (mostly second op or smaller parts, and it has a 4th axis on it and the probe, its used daily and it has a purpose and does that job well, i would never use it for a long run production machine tho, but for small qty, small parts that may be all you need.
Hmmm. Intersting and appropriate in 1985. Now, not so much.
A thousand miles can lead so many ways.
Just to know who is driving, what a help it would be.
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Think Snow Eh!
Ox
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