Re: CNC Mill On Ebay

Stephen Barmash wrote:

> I just noticed a nice used DynaMyte 4000 CNC on Ebay.

Gee thanks Steve, now EVERYONE knows about it...<G>

I've been watching it, gonna cost me a grand to ship out west, so it's
probably not going to come live here. However, let me mention a couple
things since a couple years ago I was considering one from a used
machinery dealer. They referred me to a nearby shop that had one and I
got to come by and talk to the fellow that ran it.
The programming language is, well, very different. Forget about G-codes.
Does not rapid all that fast, I think something like 120"/min. This shop
had seen 3 servo motors burn out. Dyna told them the motors were not
repairable, so they bought new ones at $900+ ea. At some point, Dyna was
no longer able to secure new motors and came back to this shop asking if
they could buy the 3 bad motors for rebuild....
Dyna will put a decent amount of effort into selling a machine, but I've
never heard anything good about their service. Nothing outright bad
either, but no positive feedback. They don't sell this machine anymore
and in fact are offering trade-ins on these older "non-supported"
machines, if my recollection of a recent promotion is correct.
If you plan to trash the control and EMC it, you'd probably be very
happy with it. Even an Ah-ha conversion would be a huge improvement in
usability.

Jon