On Thu, 25 Apr 2013, Peter Blodow wrote: > All these all in one machines have the problem of unproductive times. I > own a small table top machine (google for Hommel UWG2) which is capable > of 1/100 mm precision easiliy, maybe better, but it takes hours > (literally!) to convert it from turning to milling, tapping etc. and > vice versa, so I dont't really use it a lot. > Peter > > Am 25.04.2013 03:21, schrieb Jon Elson: >> kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: >>> I am lookin at http://www.smithy.com/midas/pricing/xl >>> I am a machinist virgin so it will be my first >>> It will be strickly for hobby and entertainment >>> Is there anyone with an opinion :) >>> >>> >> Arrgh! A 3-in-1 machine. We have one at work, it is a very mediocre >> lathe and a horrible mill. The Smithy does have the ability to elevate the >> head, which ours doesn't, but still not very good at all. >> >> Get an X2 or X3-style machine for a mill, it has a rectangular dovetail >> column, so the head has a lot of vertical range without loss of the X-Y >> alignment. See http://pico-systems.com/minimill.html >> for some ideas on the retrofit. The rack and pinion Z axis >> is no good for CNC, but the machine can be converted for >> a vertical leadscrew without great effort. >>
Thanks for the many good opinions but I am going to be squeezed to fit in something with a footprint as small as the smithy I have looked several times at the X2/X3's but I have no room for a separate lathe Is there a better 3-in-1 than the smithy in the $2000 range Richard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
