[mhopkins74]

That would be great. Let me know what you can send drawing wise. Very interested to try this.

[Novakon]

Sounds great. Ping us an e-mail to [email protected] and we can work on the drawings on a one-to-one basis.

Regards,
Novakon Team

[kdoney]

I'm still on the fence. Why did you get the Charter Oaks instead of the Novakon?

[tmarks11]

I'm still on the fence. Why did you get the Charter Oaks instead of the Novakon?

Well the first reason was probably because neither Novakon or Tormach existed back in 2004-2005, when Paul bought his machine from Industrial Hobbies (which has changed ownership twice since then, becoming Charter Oak in the process). Did I get that right, Paul?

IIRC, the only games in town for homeshop cnc machines in that era were Sieg KX1/KX3 (rebadged as Smithy or Syil) and Industrial Hobbies. The Sieg KX3 was a 6x26 machine, the IH something like 9x39.

EDIT: Whoops, I was wrong, since this was a recent purchase....

[SCzEngrgGroup]

Well the first reason was probably because neither Novakon or Tormach existed back in 2004-2005

Both Tormach and Novakon would be quite shocked to hear they did not exist in 2004-2005.....

Regards,
Ray L.

[tmarks11]

Both Tormach and Novakon would be quite shocked to hear they did not exist in 2004-2005......

ok, I was a little imprecise.

Tormach released their first mill for sale in Oct 2005. Yes, the company existed before then, but not with a product for sale. Which goes back to my statement that when Paul bought his IH mill, there was noTormach 1100 competitor.

The first time I ever heard of Novakon was in 2006, maybe they existed before then, but I never heard them mentioned on the zone. At that time they were carrying the Sieg KX1 and KX3, IIRC.

So Ray, when did Novakon start selling mills?

I think the argument is moot, because I was wrong about when Paul got his IH/CO machine.