Looking at a MAXNC 10 CL???? Please help
Hey folks...I am new around this forum and new at the bench top mills....
I've been looking around and found a MAXNC 10 CL-B.
I don't know much more then the specs on this machine. If anyone has some pros / cons on this machine I would like to hear it....(Real life vs. a spec sheet)
Thanks
Re: Looking at a MAXNC 10 CL???? Please help
Hi
my neighbor wants to sell me a very old (25yrs) maxnc 10 cnc mill for $200
its in working cond....includes software
is this a good price or should i not buy it.
im not asking for machine comparisons....just want to know if its a good deal or not
since item is so old there is no market value info....is it worth $5 or $5000....i have no idea
Machine is stock....originally he was asking $500 but i talked him down to $200....still seems high for a 25 yr old technology based item...probably obsolete?
Re: Looking at a MAXNC 10 CL???? Please help
For 200 bucks? Why not? I would if you want to learn and get started you wont find any better of an opportunity than that.
Re: Looking at a MAXNC 10 CL???? Please help
there is little to no information regarding maxnc 10 mini mills online
the seller just told me he does not have the orig software disk its just installed on the pc he has..
with no maxnc software is there any other way to communicate with the stock maxnc -10 machine?
are there any universale gcode programs that will communicate with it or is it proprietary?
Re: Looking at a MAXNC 10 CL???? Please help
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Shelby5041
......with no maxnc software is there any other way to communicate with the stock maxnc -10 machine?
are there any universale gcode programs that will communicate with it or is it proprietary?
Wow... $200 for a small working CNC mill ? I'd buy it in a heartbeat. As I recall they were G-Code machines, so just about any CAM program will work with them, and if a control change is necessary (probably required), tons of retrofit options are out there these days from free to really inexpensive as well as expensive (GRBL, LinuxCNC, UCCNC, ACORN, EDINGCNC, FLASHCUT, Etc.).
Perhaps some would not be interested because they are already surrounded by larger, perfectly capable machines. Perhaps some live in an area where these type of things turn up a lot. At my age, I am looking ahead to the time when I will no longer be able to (or want to) make the trip into the cold shop and would rather get 'small' and work on a small table in the corner of a warm room.
Re: Looking at a MAXNC 10 CL???? Please help
The possible problem is if MaxNC software and hardware went through several revisions. Finding what matches this model could be a real scavenger hunt.
To get this running with lower cost modern bits wouldn't add up to much and by reputation the original stuff was pretty lousy.
$200 would be a good deal in my location , where you live things may be quite different
The nice thing is you get to inspect the machine instead of putting faith in an ebay seller and no shipping.