Hi guys,
not that I have the budget or a candidate for a direct upgrade from my FP2, but I certainly consider (or dream of) an FP3. (I have a 500mm twin dial FP2)
I like it for the extra Y travel and the more powerful motor.
However, I lack serious pieces of information about more fundamental differences between the two. Judging only from online pics since I have never seen an FP3 in real life, it seems that FP2 and 3 have basic parts that are similar, if not identical to both.
Let's assume round head machines, a round dial FP2 and an FP3. Columns seem identical from the pics. To my mind, this means that, due to the increased Y travel, the ram/column assembly will face increased overhang and, respectively, leverage that will wear out the front of the Y ways much faster than on an FP2 (especially if the FP2 is with the lighter standard vertical head). Do I have any point or is there something I am missing?
Then it's the Z and X carriage. Is this assembly beefed up on the FP3 w.r.t. the FP2? I would hope so, since there is the extra 100 mm X travel and the extra weight allowance for tables etc.
If my feeling that these machines share basic structural parts is correct, then I would assume that, for the same use, an FP3 would show more wear than an FP2, which I am not thrilled about...
Looking forward to the insight by the guys that have been involved with both! (not only, of course )a
BR,
Thanos
not that I have the budget or a candidate for a direct upgrade from my FP2, but I certainly consider (or dream of) an FP3. (I have a 500mm twin dial FP2)
I like it for the extra Y travel and the more powerful motor.
However, I lack serious pieces of information about more fundamental differences between the two. Judging only from online pics since I have never seen an FP3 in real life, it seems that FP2 and 3 have basic parts that are similar, if not identical to both.
Let's assume round head machines, a round dial FP2 and an FP3. Columns seem identical from the pics. To my mind, this means that, due to the increased Y travel, the ram/column assembly will face increased overhang and, respectively, leverage that will wear out the front of the Y ways much faster than on an FP2 (especially if the FP2 is with the lighter standard vertical head). Do I have any point or is there something I am missing?
Then it's the Z and X carriage. Is this assembly beefed up on the FP3 w.r.t. the FP2? I would hope so, since there is the extra 100 mm X travel and the extra weight allowance for tables etc.
If my feeling that these machines share basic structural parts is correct, then I would assume that, for the same use, an FP3 would show more wear than an FP2, which I am not thrilled about...
Looking forward to the insight by the guys that have been involved with both! (not only, of course )a
BR,
Thanos