taig or sherline
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Taig
I'd go with a Taig. They are a bit more robust.
I'd go with a Taig. They are a bit more robust.
CamposCues said:
That is also my first inclination from the research I've done so far.
Unless something else better comes up within the next month or so, at a similar price point, I will be getting a Taig with 4th axis ability. It'll go well with my Kress router!
Regards,
Frank
jfscues said:
Wow!!! Your observations are directly opposite of mine. I bought A Sherline CNC in 1999 and used it for a couple of years and still have it stashed under a counter. It cost me thousands of dollars in ruined cues. About one in four I had to pitch because of losing steps or the brass back-lash nuts stripping out. I finally put in spring loaded anti back-lash nuts which was very difficult do to size restraints but it still left the problem of the short table and shorter gibbs that would bind causing lost steps.
I finally gave up and built myself a large gantry system and used the 4th axis and software off the Sherline.
Dick
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Neither one of them. Techno.
hangemhigh said:
I actually have two Techno machines. I'll guess I could be the first to give them a terrible review.
I have a table top 3-axis machine and one of the huge machines w/ a 4th axis. You could inlay doors on this thing.
The table top machine has worked flawlessly. Not one single issue in over 2 and a half years.
However, the big machine has been non-stop trouble. At this point, we have pretty much replaced most of the electronics.
List of replaced parts:
4th Axis motor.
4th Axis gearbox.
Three inverters that power the spindles.
One spindle.
3 of the power supplies that power the axises. There is a power supply for each axis.
These weren't all done at once. This random breakage over 2 and half years. THAT IS A TON OF SHIT TO REPLACE!!!
There tech support is shit. Last problem I had, they had me send virtually all of the electronics back. The PCI card first. Then the controller box. Then some other crap.
It took them two weeks to fix the problem. Two weeks where I couldn't work. NO GOOD!
The software is buggy. Any dealings with the 4th axis have be done just a certain way or the software crashes. It is a royal pain in the ass. It seems as if the 4th axis was an afterthought on this machine.
If were in the CNC market today, I think I would skip over ole' Techno.
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the taig by far is better for what we are doing
matta said:
So I can get 'em from you pretty cheap, huh?
smithy,or clausing
Why not Smithy gunsmithing lathes- they have cnc stuff,and if they build guns they will build wooden cues effortlessly. A gunsmith friend uses a 4900 clausing-I don't here anyone say 6000,or6100 clausing. This guy knows wood, finnishes, and is an elete gunsmith-is a master in his class-builds guns from scratch. whats easier guns or cues? mark I have seen the fixtures he makes for many cue components,and the inlays are perfect. His name is Lampert mark
Why not Smithy gunsmithing lathes- they have cnc stuff,and if they build guns they will build wooden cues effortlessly. A gunsmith friend uses a 4900 clausing-I don't here anyone say 6000,or6100 clausing. This guy knows wood, finnishes, and is an elete gunsmith-is a master in his class-builds guns from scratch. whats easier guns or cues? mark I have seen the fixtures he makes for many cue components,and the inlays are perfect. His name is Lampert mark
Look at maxnc also