Originally Posted by
Doubleddaved
We had ours now going on 4 months.My son (18 yrs old)who just started with our company and with no machining background at all is picking this up with no problem. I also love the new controller,I thought I wasn't going to as our VF8/50 that is one year old was different.When the tech did some repairs on our VF8 he upgraded the software to the same version as the VF3YT,so it makes it easier when I or my son go from machine to machine.And having the extended travel doesn't suck either 40"X26".
Dave
Can I ask a follow up question? I have a TM-1 that I bought in December of 2007 and I just took delivery on a new TL-1 today. Before I ordered the TL-1 I asked about getting an update to the software on my mill so that the control systems would be similar and thus easier to switch back and forth between for operators. The answer I got is that it would cost around $5,500 to update the TM-1 even though it was only a year old.
You are saying that they just came and updated your older machine for free?
Hercules
2008 TM-1, 2008 TL-3, 2009 TL-1, 2010 VF-2YT