Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Comments on this new CNC

WT wrote:

> Hi, all.
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> I have recently received the following picture from a friend in China of a new Milling Machine about to be introduce in the market 2nd half of this year:
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> http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s172/CNCQuest/KX3-NU-Forum-2.jpg
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> This is supposed to be a milling machine installed with 3-axis stepper motors, ball screws, variable speed spindle motor, limit/home switches, oil lubrication line/pump, and J7325/ISO50 milling chuck ready to be converted to a CNC milling machine with end-user provided CNC control system.
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> The end-user will just have to install stepper drivers and hardware/software controller to turn this milling machine into a CNC milling machine.
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> Can I have your comments whether this will be a good choice to turn it into a CNC milling machine?
>

I started out being impressed until I did some metric-Imperial
conversions. This thing only has 9" of X travel and 5" of Y
travel. You get 1 inch more Y ravel, but less X travel than a
mini-mill. And, it weighs over twice as much. Unless this
thing is REALLY CHEAP, I don't see it as much of a deal.

Jon