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I think I saw a good deal on one over at http://www.machinistsforum.com maybe you might wanna check that one out.

Already defended myself sorry not wasting my time again with a guy I have never heard of thinking he knows who I am. I have not put down your machines, I have never even heard of them. My posting...

In general a good distributor should try to get to customers within 24 hours of the call. I'm sure you have a good one in your area. There's a good amount of machines down there.

I agree with you. I don't for a second think linear guides are as rigid as box way but with the new tooling out and depending on what you do you may not need it. Generally I prefer lathes to be Box...

Can you honestly say even with all the technology that box way and linear guides can be equal. Box ways will always be slower and always be more rigid, and linear the opposite. Even the roller...

very unbiased reply, congrats psych, no clue on the thrust bearing vs. complete assembly replacement? Also I'm curious, I assume you had a QT20 along the way somewhere, how do you feel the Integral...

You're right about the VTC too, didn't they stop making them for awhile? I could've swore I knew a couple guys mad because they wanted to buy them. Maybe there's a long wait or something. The VTC...

psychomill I respect you more so I talked to my buddy who still sells mazaks and it has changed recently, along with the control they do have windows XP on the control now also. I don't know the...

Sorry I didn't notice you're an Ohio guy. I have a good buddy of mine who went to OU I believe and he's a machine dealer in Ohio. Yeah the tool change times and rapids are scary I don't think I'd...

Do you know what a UCC filing is? Yeah so that's how I know how many of what machines are in the country. And just to make sure I missed something when I looked over them I figured it out for you,...

EIA is an option on a Nexus machine so no not all machines that have mazatrol can use G code. Where as in Okuma all machines have G code programming and they always have. You live in your little...

You have found one mistake in what I have said now congrats. There are no fanuc parts in a Mazak I must have been half asleep, I meant mitsubishi. Mazaks control still is not a full blown windows...

There are no errors in what I say, most of it is opinion. And the statement about Enshu is true, it is a week company, it does not have the power of a Mazak, Mori, Okuma, Haas, you may read into it...

Joe you're an idiot don't waste my time, I saw in another post of yours that you have only run Mazaks for 3 years. Wow I am amazed by your knowledge. An Okuma will out perform a Mazak lathe any day...

I'm advising against the Yama Seiki but know nothing about them. I have 100% different opinion on CNC from Manual. Manual is not for production in my opinion so things don't matter as much. For...

Anyone have any knowledge of yama seiki, never heard of it and my buddy is about to buy one. If you've heard good or bad please let me know.

You made it sound like you're changing terms. If a machine doesn't hold manufacturers speced tolerances for up to one year it can be returned that is the case with all the big manufacturers. But...

Apology excepted. I've gotta ask though, who will actually sell you a machine? To make a run-off and change there terms is unheard of, maybe at a large OEM like Harley. I can't imagine someone...

Well since you live in Alabama I don't suppose you would know what it's like in the rust belt. There is a dealer on every corner up here, and I live in Madison, WI. I want to know of bad things...

That's exactly what I was looking to hear. Although I must say for all the problems you had with it, it seems to be odd considering the good things I have heard about them. That sounds worse than a...

I disagree. CNC machine sure I would only go Okuma Mori, maybe Mazak or Daewoo. But manual machines are old technology, it's simple to copy and not lessen money but lessen manufacturing costs. ...

I understand what you are saying partly. But manual machines have gotten worse over time not better. And these from what I've been told and understand are just copies of the older machines made. ...

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Has anyone had much experience from Birmingham mills and lathes? I have a few buddies who have them and like them, they bought them from www.innovativemachinery.net . I couldn't find them...

Yeah some of your machines I can understand, but take a look at your machines there is a bunch of them that are either not in business anymore or just have no foothold in the machining world. Just...

Tormach is not too far from me, I didn't know anyone buys there stuff. Have you looked into other things, they don't look to have all that much quality.

To each his own, but no way does Mazak and Haas compete with Okuma. First of all Mazak is way over priced you're paying for a bunch extra for a control which most people don't need. It was made to...

I'd skip them both and go with an Okuma. The distributor is very important also make sure you have a good one in your area of whatever machine you choose. Haas is what it is, it's not a very strong...