toolnuts
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Sep 27, 2009
- Location
- washington
Hi All,
I was wondering if the Japanese or Chinese ever made mills in the style
of Deckels or Mahos with universal toolmaker tables? I know about the
Makino series.
Has any Asian mfg. made a mill in the style of the XLO 602 or index 867.
only a little beefier?
I don't want to have to import something from Europe, if possible.
Peter, in the Netherlands, has a Heckler & Koch that I would like, but
he doesn't want to spend any time emailing about it, and I don't want
to bother him. For the money he is asking it's not worth the bother
for him. Most likely it wouldn't be suitable for some reason any way,
documentation only in German, etc...
I wonder why the Deckel style of machine wasn't more popular in the US?
It's to bad that the Bridgeport style machine was/is so popular - it has so many
design flaws! That tilt head design is an abomination, when compared to the XLO,
or the Wells-index design. The deckel's X axis way design makes it very versatile.
I would like to find a Deckel or Maho or ??, with the toolmaker's table, higher
speed head like on the later NC versions, and a dead CNC unit with English
documentation. I would like to convert it to a manual mill. I guess you
can use the Dialog 4 like a manual mill and that would be OK also.
I have a very fast cnc mill, and I don't need another one.
Well so much for my ramblings,
Paul
I was wondering if the Japanese or Chinese ever made mills in the style
of Deckels or Mahos with universal toolmaker tables? I know about the
Makino series.
Has any Asian mfg. made a mill in the style of the XLO 602 or index 867.
only a little beefier?
I don't want to have to import something from Europe, if possible.
Peter, in the Netherlands, has a Heckler & Koch that I would like, but
he doesn't want to spend any time emailing about it, and I don't want
to bother him. For the money he is asking it's not worth the bother
for him. Most likely it wouldn't be suitable for some reason any way,
documentation only in German, etc...
I wonder why the Deckel style of machine wasn't more popular in the US?
It's to bad that the Bridgeport style machine was/is so popular - it has so many
design flaws! That tilt head design is an abomination, when compared to the XLO,
or the Wells-index design. The deckel's X axis way design makes it very versatile.
I would like to find a Deckel or Maho or ??, with the toolmaker's table, higher
speed head like on the later NC versions, and a dead CNC unit with English
documentation. I would like to convert it to a manual mill. I guess you
can use the Dialog 4 like a manual mill and that would be OK also.
I have a very fast cnc mill, and I don't need another one.
Well so much for my ramblings,
Paul