Shawn_Laughlin
Aluminum
- Joined
- Mar 28, 2019
Guys/Gals I’ve been dreaming about owning a cnc mill since the first time I seen one making chips on American chopper,like from the first season,when I could still be called a kid. Well, all the dreaming has paid off “wish it was that easy” and I’m seriously for the first time looking into purchasing one. I can’t buy new and wouldn’t since it will be my first cnc machine don’t have any experience with it except for reading so, whatever I get I don’t want to have to learn hieroglyphs to run the damn thing.So that brings my first questions:
Do all cnc milling machines whether bed or knee type share common symbols/icons for commands?
There are so many different brands,Hass,Okuma,Milltronics,Hurco,Tree,Fadal,and then all of your retrofits. Some of those might be the same brand,I honestly do not know but, out of the brands listed from me reading I have seen Hass talked about more than any but that could be bc of the way I worded my searches. I have no loyalties to any brand and if I mentioned a brand that can’t be talked about on here just let me know and I will edit my post. So this brings up my next question.
I would like to hear from the people with experiences with any of these or other brands not listed and get your honest feedback on which one not to choose and which to choose and why on both?
I do not want to buy a machine that’s manufacturer has gone out of vusiness Or is looking like they are about to go out of business so if you have any knowledge about that I’m all ears?
I want to ask which will be the most simplest but none are going to be simple and there will be a learning curve so I’ll ask are some harder to learn than others? I’m sure it’s yes but if you can explain?
I planning on using the machine for one offs and maybe even small production runs but can really say for sure what they will be except for possibly ratio controllers for the company I work for now. I would love to be able to cut 20” wheels but that might be a reach bc I would have to find a 5 axis at an unheard of price even though I did come across a 5 axis Hass vf3 I think the guy told me for 40,000 but thats over my budget which brings me to my next question.
What’s the lowest price you would willing to pay for a used cnc vmc?
I know that question doesn’t sound right but there’s gotta be a point where you say it’s too good to be true like a very large machine I come across with a video of it running and it had long axis travels and large table and was 2,000 usd. And there is no way it’s too good to be true unless the owner is like me and and just wants it gone to make room for a more technically advanced machine but than I would just say come get it it’s hits bc 2,000 dollars is chump change to a person who could afford a new machine of that stature.
Thanks
Do all cnc milling machines whether bed or knee type share common symbols/icons for commands?
There are so many different brands,Hass,Okuma,Milltronics,Hurco,Tree,Fadal,and then all of your retrofits. Some of those might be the same brand,I honestly do not know but, out of the brands listed from me reading I have seen Hass talked about more than any but that could be bc of the way I worded my searches. I have no loyalties to any brand and if I mentioned a brand that can’t be talked about on here just let me know and I will edit my post. So this brings up my next question.
I would like to hear from the people with experiences with any of these or other brands not listed and get your honest feedback on which one not to choose and which to choose and why on both?
I do not want to buy a machine that’s manufacturer has gone out of vusiness Or is looking like they are about to go out of business so if you have any knowledge about that I’m all ears?
I want to ask which will be the most simplest but none are going to be simple and there will be a learning curve so I’ll ask are some harder to learn than others? I’m sure it’s yes but if you can explain?
I planning on using the machine for one offs and maybe even small production runs but can really say for sure what they will be except for possibly ratio controllers for the company I work for now. I would love to be able to cut 20” wheels but that might be a reach bc I would have to find a 5 axis at an unheard of price even though I did come across a 5 axis Hass vf3 I think the guy told me for 40,000 but thats over my budget which brings me to my next question.
What’s the lowest price you would willing to pay for a used cnc vmc?
I know that question doesn’t sound right but there’s gotta be a point where you say it’s too good to be true like a very large machine I come across with a video of it running and it had long axis travels and large table and was 2,000 usd. And there is no way it’s too good to be true unless the owner is like me and and just wants it gone to make room for a more technically advanced machine but than I would just say come get it it’s hits bc 2,000 dollars is chump change to a person who could afford a new machine of that stature.
Thanks