RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Smithy on CNC

Craig,

I have the Shoptask prior to the current model and it was an easy CNC
conversion. I have a friend that has what looks to be the same model Smith
as you are looking at. It is a few years old and was not billed as "CNC".
The Smithy he has is going to be a lot of work to convert to CNC as it is
not setup with brackets or pulleys to mount motors. I don't see in the
picture on the site how they attach the motors on the Granite 1324 either.
The other thing between the Smithy and the Shoptask is that the Smithy has
the mill quill closer to the column. On my friends he has to pull the chuck
to do most anything on the mill. With the Shoptask most milling can be done
with the chuck in place and only larger items need to have the chuck
removed.

Samples of the work will not really tell you much about the machine and will
tell you lots about the operator and the quality of the tooling.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> I know there are a number of fokes on here that use the shoptask with
> CNC conversions (and maybe ball screws) I have not seen post on the
> Smithy with CNC. I am consideing the Granite 1324
>
> I currenty have a Sureline mill and lathe with CNC conversion. This
> has not been a very good experince for me- and currently this unit is
> a very expensive drill press (I can't use it for anything close to
> useful as a CNC unit)
>
> the Smithy would repsent a very lage investmet for me (we are a
> little paintball shop and the income from a mill/lathe is limited- so
> its realy more of a hobby for me) And I don't want to flush another
> bunch of money if I can help it.
>
> So i would like to get some feed back if there are any users of this
> guy out there, and i would love to get a sample or 2 of what the work
> actuly looks like.
>
> I also have considered the Shop task. Frankly the resion I'm
> thinking about the smithy is that they are about an hour drive from
> me, and they do inhouse financing. As much as the Shoptask looks
> like it is more suited (with ball screws and much more resionable
> conversion) I just have a problem with their aperantly having no
> stock and having to pre pay and most of all having to wait once I get
> the $$ up <G>
>
> ThankS
>
> FOM
> (Craig)
>
>
>
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