Originally Posted by
z369
So, let me get this straight...you can purchase a $150k plus machine, but you can't afford a memory upgrade? Besides, you're comparing a lathe to a mill. Look up the specs on a comparable model lathe like an ST20 and the differences become quite obvious. Our HAAS mill/lathes are only10 yrs old and it can't do editing/program jumping on the fly, whereas FANUC controls have been able to do this for like...ever. If you know how to program, you wouldn't even NEED all that memory to begin with anyways. They're BOTH great machines FOR WHAT THEY ARE. You shouldn't be storing that many programs in your control anyways as it's just asking for trouble. The ONLY programs that should be in the control are protected macro's and the program you are RUNNING.