Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] RE: CPNC

Jon Anderson wrote:

> Jon Elson wrote:
>
> > Yup, I had the local dealer for AccuRite out to show me their
> system.
> > The CPNC was VERY impressive, I was very excited, until I heard
> > their price.
>
> That's not bad for commercial stuff. I was dazzled by a demo, until I
> threw a real-world example at them. Machine a rectangular O-ring
> groove
> .140 wide with a .125 end mill and cleanup passes on both sides.
> Took the two sales guys over half an hour!
> Newall was next, sales guy said "no problem" and had it done in 5
> minutes, including a blow-by-blow description of what he was doing.

My guess is the Newall guy WAS either a machinist or machine programmer,
while the
AcuRite guys (Two of them, no less!) were salesmen with little real
understanding of what
they were doing.

Jon