Originally Posted by
RICHARD ZASTROW
Ben, We are in the process of purchasing a Hermle also. I'm very familiar with them. EXCELLENT machines. Not many used machines available in the USA, people tend to keep them.
They provide many different types of work tables etc. We will have the universal tilting, swiveling rotary table. This is intended for tool room/job shop type work. What table is on your subject machine?
We will have a Heidenhain 407 control. The higher level controls allow much more capability but this will suffice for our parts. Which control is on yours?
Hermle's tend to be pricey but well worth it if not been abused. There are other machines of similar design but have problems.
I was in their plant in Gosheim, Germany in the mid 1990's. Quite impressed.
We are close to their US office in Franklin, (Milwaukee area) WI. Handy for us.
Good Luck.
Dick Z