Naiveambition
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I've been studying all the ins and outs of milling machines for a while now, and have come across this new to me, milling machine.
The general consensus for bench mills is that they lack rigidness, unless they weigh a ton or more.
I have had my heart set on a g0704 from grizzly for roughly 1300$. Which seems to be a good entry into machines that can do a variety of jobs but still seem to suffer chatter etc...
Then I ran across this one just looking around and discover for bout 3-400 $ more I could get this one. So here the ?'s .
What if I decide to upgrade to cnc, ball screws etc.. Are these friendly machines to upgrade?
I know this is a relatively large unit for a benchtop, but am hoping that with this machine I could open possibilities that would be out of reach for the g0704 , like stainless, cast iron, and maybe some type of small production work later on.
The ultimate plan would be cnc with manual controls kept if possible, and maybe 4 th axis option. This is way off but I would like to start the plan in the right place, which is why I'm here asking you fine people
These machines as I understand it have about the same travel and movement which makes it a viable option, I think.
Will this not solve the column issues and flex issues associated with bench mills? And will I be able to pull off good knee mill results, if that makes sense, or say results comparable to a Bridgeport being that they are both knee mills and have the same design.
The general consensus for bench mills is that they lack rigidness, unless they weigh a ton or more.
I have had my heart set on a g0704 from grizzly for roughly 1300$. Which seems to be a good entry into machines that can do a variety of jobs but still seem to suffer chatter etc...
Then I ran across this one just looking around and discover for bout 3-400 $ more I could get this one. So here the ?'s .
What if I decide to upgrade to cnc, ball screws etc.. Are these friendly machines to upgrade?
I know this is a relatively large unit for a benchtop, but am hoping that with this machine I could open possibilities that would be out of reach for the g0704 , like stainless, cast iron, and maybe some type of small production work later on.
The ultimate plan would be cnc with manual controls kept if possible, and maybe 4 th axis option. This is way off but I would like to start the plan in the right place, which is why I'm here asking you fine people
These machines as I understand it have about the same travel and movement which makes it a viable option, I think.
Will this not solve the column issues and flex issues associated with bench mills? And will I be able to pull off good knee mill results, if that makes sense, or say results comparable to a Bridgeport being that they are both knee mills and have the same design.