Re: Max 10 questions.

I second John here. The Taig seems to be the beefiest of the mini
mills. And it gets even better, you can get a CNC ready taig and
convert it with the Xylotex board and your only steppers for far
less again. The Taig 12" cnc ready mill is $786, Xylotex board is
$125, new Pacsci steppers are about $70 each and your probably
looking at another $75-100 tops on the rest (power supply, cables,
etc.). Only looking at about $1200 for everything brand new.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "stevenson_engineers"
<john@s...> wrote:

> Alternatively you can use a Taig as the donor machine and for the
> same money or roundabout you can get a far more robust machine

with

> the longer travels.
>
> John S.
>
> >--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Goldstein"

<timg@k...>

> > I am a Sherline dealer and while I think their machines are very
> nice
> > and use them quite a bit myself, I am left a little cold on

their

> CNC
> > turnkey package. Seems to me that at $2350 for the package is a
> little
> > steep. Especially when you figure in the support that is listed

on

> the
> > site as: Support: 1 hour free phone or e-mail technical support.
> >
> > $825 5400 CNC mill
> > $210 3 of the 67127 stepper motors with plug
> > $268 for a fast computer from the same manufacture through

Walmart

> > $0 EMC
> > $500 Complete turnkey Xylotex based driver box from a variety of
> sources
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> > $1803 Total
> >
> > Heck, I will even save you an additional $155 if you buy the

mill

> and
> > steppers through me. So I can't quite figure out what it is in

the

> > Sherline turn key system that makes it worth the extra $550 -

$700

> over
> > using the exact same mill and software and doing it yourself.

Heck

> you
> > even save enough that you can buy an XP license and Mach1/(2)

and

> have a
> > 4th axis that is actually usable and pay for the rotary table

too

> and
> > still have some change for dinner out. While what I am

suggesting

> is not
> > turnkey, if you can't handle bolting on some motors and plugging
> them
> > into a fully wired and tested box than you probably should not be
> > considering a CNC machine.
> >
> > Tim
> > [Denver, CO]
> > Sherline products at Deep Discount
> > Mach1 & DeskCNC with credit card ordering
> > www.KTMarketing.com/Sherline