Originally Posted by
SCzEngrgGroup
Well that just PROVES that all Haas, Fadal, Mori-Seiki machines, and nearly all other commercial VMCs, are "poorly designed", right?
There's a very simple reason that kind of minimum clearance is anything but "poor design": Toolholders take up space. Fixtures and vises take up space. The tools themselves take up space. You won't find anyone using collets to hold tools, or clamping workpieces directly to the table in any production machine shop. So, a few inches minimum clearance has zero impact on the functionality of the machine.
Regards,
Ray L.