--- On Sat, 4/27/13, Bruce Layne <linux...@thinkingdevices.com> wrote:
> From: Bruce Layne <linux...@thinkingdevices.com> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] off topic opinions > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Saturday, April 27, 2013, 11:12 AM > I own a Grizzly G1006 2HP Benchtop > milling machine. > > http://www.grizzly.com/products/2-HP-Mill-Drill/G1006 > > I've had it for almost 20 years. It's maybe rigid > enough for a 1 HP > spindle. Lead screws instead of ball screws of course, > as is the case > with all machines in this class... and not very good lead > screws at that. It is what it is. But you didn't pay anywhere near that price 20 years ago. ;) I have the smaller "Big Red" 12 speed drill mill. Got it on sale for about $400 12 years ago. Other than the round column not being able to keep the head aligned when moved up and down it has served me quite well, more than saved its cost many times in not having to take stuff to a machine shop and pay big money and cross my fingers they won't do the job wrong half the time. What would drastically improve these round column mills is a Metalmaster style triangular gib, or two to resist twisting both directions. Now if only I knew someone local with a die slotter or a slotting head on a knee mill... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
