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These two companies are in the US. They make really good high precision machines. Price is on the high end though and if you need to cut heavy metals then these aren’t the machines to do it.
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Hello Redmond
Can you post some more information about your machine, like, did you get it with ball screws ? What type of spindle does it have? Do you have the fourth axis option?
I'm preaty...

This Canadian company seems to sell them as well:
http://www.novakon.net/3.html
I've also called Smithy after I've read the last few posts and got an answer that they might have them back next...

Hi Pixel

Can you please post a few pictures of the machine. Did you get it with the axes motors of just ready for mounting your own motors but with all the couplings and motor mounts ?
I'm...

I bought the machine :) I think its a more robust machine then the Minitech and the axes have a more conventionall mill configuration. The minitech seems to have the X linear bearings on top, moving...

Thanks for the info. So it has ballscrews, that's what I wanted to know and it'a also in the right weight range and that's good as well. The machine comes with the fourth axes. The listed price of a...

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I keep looking for a desktop CNC and I found a used ModelMaster 1250 for sell. The machine is not running so if I'll buy it it's for the axes and I'll have to either to put my own...

The Wabeco came with ballscrews. It was cnc ready. They aren't that good though and I have about 0.04mm and 0,05mm anowing backlash on the x and y axes.
I'm not sure a pendant is as comfortable to...

Thanks for the info. 0.0254mm backlash is not to bad and I'll assume that the smaller 516 might have around the same backlash without backlash compensetion. I can live with that even though I was...

I want to put servos on it because then I can add hand wheels and use it for manual operation as well. The motors encoders gives me digital readout and they can be turned smoothly by hand since they...

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This is my first post in this forum which I've already found to be very helfull. I'm interested in getting the Smithy 516 and convert it to servo drive. If anyone has this machine I would like...