> On 18 Feb 2020, at 6:51 pm, John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> wrote:
>
> I went to the Grizzly tools site. I think I counted 38 mills. None of them
> CNC.
> KBC tools here in Canada has, in the this month's flier, 5 milling machines
> of various sizes and only one CNC milling machine with Acu-Rite control for
> $41K.
> KMS tools aas 4, none of them CNC.
> Don't know how many Sherline mills are sold with or without the CNC kit.
>
> No idea how many used Bridgeport type machines are out there starting from
> say post war 1945 over 85 years? I believe CNC machines are a small fraction
> of those even if there were 10K MACH3 licenses sold. And of those licenses
> how many actually went to CNC routers. I have one with a valid MACH3
> license but it's one built from scratch. CNC routers can't really operate
> with hand wheels so they are a different class of hardware.
>
> Judging by the number of $250 to $500 CNC controllers available through
> AliExpress I'd guess the number of non-CNC machines out there is still really
> high.
>
Handy to know...
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