Holke F11V
Aluminum
- Joined
- Mar 17, 2019
Hi all,
My small 1 man shop is in need of a second spindle and I am looking for some opinions. I am a standard job shop running 304, 1018, and lots of 6061. I operate out of a smaller garage with a 2019 TM1P 10K and probing as well as several other machines but I need more milling production capacity and well as a backup. I know the Haas is not rigid and very slow but it has served me well and fits my power and space needs. Moving forward with what work I see coming in and the short fallings of the TM1 when running small production runs I am going to purchase a used machine. The Brother mills in regards to there space, power requirements, and reliability look to fit the bill. I have reached out to Yamazen to get an estimate on price if at some point I need to have a tech out and they have been very nice to work with so far. The 2 machines I have under consideration are a 2006 TC-S2C-O and a 2012 TC-S2Dn-O. The S2C machines fetch a significantly lower price than the S2Dn's and aside from a the servo turret and small memory increase are there any major differences between the two? Also, am I correct in feeling that although the TM1 is a cat 40 its rigidity is soo low that the BT30 machines should be similar. Thoughts? Thanks
My small 1 man shop is in need of a second spindle and I am looking for some opinions. I am a standard job shop running 304, 1018, and lots of 6061. I operate out of a smaller garage with a 2019 TM1P 10K and probing as well as several other machines but I need more milling production capacity and well as a backup. I know the Haas is not rigid and very slow but it has served me well and fits my power and space needs. Moving forward with what work I see coming in and the short fallings of the TM1 when running small production runs I am going to purchase a used machine. The Brother mills in regards to there space, power requirements, and reliability look to fit the bill. I have reached out to Yamazen to get an estimate on price if at some point I need to have a tech out and they have been very nice to work with so far. The 2 machines I have under consideration are a 2006 TC-S2C-O and a 2012 TC-S2Dn-O. The S2C machines fetch a significantly lower price than the S2Dn's and aside from a the servo turret and small memory increase are there any major differences between the two? Also, am I correct in feeling that although the TM1 is a cat 40 its rigidity is soo low that the BT30 machines should be similar. Thoughts? Thanks