Originally Posted by nigel b
Originally Posted by philram
i dont know if they make anything that small, but if moneys no option i'd always by a Mazak machine. i've used loads of cnc's over the years and have run 2 Mazak multi-axis lathes for the last 8.
there pretty much bullet proof (ive tested this a few times
) very user friendly operating system and very good technical back up, but there NOT cheap
the mills arent very robust and are not the best around for accuracy(mclaren only use them as they were free
)
mori seiki are very good
depends on what you gonna do...steel/ally..
tolerances
high speed machining
need a conversational control or programme offline
there is alot of variables!!
Don'y know how you can say that Mazaks are that much worse than mori's
Its all down to budget and what you want from the machine.
If money was no object Makino or Matsuura machines would be the ones i'd choose
But you can get some bloody good work from Mazaks and they are used a lot in the aerospace industry