BrickTactical
Plastic
- Joined
- Jul 26, 2018
Hello there,
I run a small company that makes small ABS plastic parts. I make small injection mold tools from Aluminum.
I've been wanting to get into making molds from tool steel and other parts that need small EDM features.
So I've been looking for a small EDM sinker machine. Main concerns are power usage (I'm in a garage with 3 phase 70 amps).Second concern is space. I'm running out of work bench space and that's why I need a small machine (also the parts I make are small).
Ideally I would like it to not use a whole lot of amps so I can still run my VMC and injection molding press all at once.
Molds/parts I make are well under the size of a 8.5x11" piece of paper.
Every now and then I will see a Charmilles brand machine on ebay for a couple thousand and they look like a desktop sinker.
Any advice or machines you would recommend. I would be buying used, I've never ran a EDM sinker before FYI.
Thanks!
I run a small company that makes small ABS plastic parts. I make small injection mold tools from Aluminum.
I've been wanting to get into making molds from tool steel and other parts that need small EDM features.
So I've been looking for a small EDM sinker machine. Main concerns are power usage (I'm in a garage with 3 phase 70 amps).Second concern is space. I'm running out of work bench space and that's why I need a small machine (also the parts I make are small).
Ideally I would like it to not use a whole lot of amps so I can still run my VMC and injection molding press all at once.
Molds/parts I make are well under the size of a 8.5x11" piece of paper.
Every now and then I will see a Charmilles brand machine on ebay for a couple thousand and they look like a desktop sinker.
Any advice or machines you would recommend. I would be buying used, I've never ran a EDM sinker before FYI.
Thanks!