Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Using a porter cable router to cut aluminum

I live in an area that has never seen any
manufacturing of any kind so I will have to spend a
lot of time driving around to look at stuff. (I won't
buy anything unless I can see it first) The second
problem is that since I know very little about this
stuff I could really screw up and buy junk even if I
am driving there to look at it! So this is why I was
looking at the smaller brand new machines. Mostly
aluminum is what I will machine, and all of the items
are probably going to be small. Someday I would like
to go CNC on the mill, but my main reason for buying
the thing is so I can make my own parts to build a CNC
router table. I have $700 - $1000 in stuff to have
machined at the local shop,(which is not much, only a
day and a half for him) but I would rather spend that
money on something that I can keep in the end. Plus I
will be forced to learn how to machine parts, oh darn
:)

--- Jon Elson <elson@...> wrote:

>
>
> Tyson S. wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the information, I have been
> looking
> >at the Grizzly G1006 with the 2 horse motor but I
> am
> >not sure if that is even good enough, I might try
> and
> >find an affordable price on a full size Bridgeport,
> >but those are hard to find that are not worn out.
> >
> >
> Not true, although this can be area dependent.
> Certainly, some of
> them are badly worn, but there are also machines
> that have not
> had a lot of use. Especially Bridgeport's BOSS
> machines.
> Some of these are worn, but a surprising number of
> them went
> to schools that never let anyone touch them, and
> some had flaky
> controls right from the start, and didn't get much
> use. I know a
> lot of people have gotten BOSS machines that were
> still in very
> good shape. Any Bridgeport with chromed ways is
> likely to still
> be good unless it has had massive production use, or
> was used to
> cut graphite EDM electrodes (that covers everything
> with abrasive
> dust.)
>
> In general, the older CNC machines with dead
> controls go much
> cheaper than the manual machines. If you want to do
> CNC anyway,
> why not start with iron that is already set up for
> it?
>
> Jon
>
>
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