Re: Lathe & Mill Group Purchase | Super X3 Deficiency ?

John:

Thanks for your comments. I've already bought the Super X3 and am
still getting it prepared for operation so I can't discuss your
remarks. I will say though that when the X3 was first imported, it
got terrible reviews (See for example
www.basic.si/x3/X3_Spindle_Horror.htm), but the underlying quality is
so good that Grizzly has recently started importing the X3.
LatheMaster has reportedly imported four new Super X3s and apparently
has a fifty-person waiting list.

Still sore over the progress of the ELS project ?

So, what about the C6B ?

-Vaso

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--- "John Stevenson" <john@s...> wrote:

>>I've set up a new Group - SIEG-SX3-C6B -
>>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SIEG-SX3-C6B/ - for the specific and
>>limited purpose of organizing a (one-time) Group Purchase of SIEG
>>lathes and mills from China. I think the C6B lathe and the Super X3
>>mill are currently a "sweet spot" in value among home shop machines.
>>Unfortunately, neither in currently imported into North America.
>>The Super X3 is a vertical, tilting, and horizontal milling
>>version of the X3 mini-mill and falls into a size range above the
>>X2 micromill and below the heavier Rong Fu mills. Several
>>individuals are developong kits for CNC conversion of X3 mills.


> Vaso,
> You need to do more work on researching the Super X3 before buying
> as there are problems with it.
> Two have been imported locally to me in the UK and I have had a
> chance to run one for a short while and was not impressed.
> ...This only applies to the super X3 and not the standard X3.
> John S.