I'm building my first CNC steel mill and have been looking at getting an X2. I've got a few concerns and ideas. I'll do this in list format for easy quoting of responses (thanks in advance)
1. The mills I've worked with 4140 and 304 on are typically 2hp-10hp. Given the X2 is 3/4th hp, is that enough? What about chip load and welding of debris to work? Can't really use a flood due to the layout of the machine.
2. Is the weight of this machine enough? 150lbs doesn't provide much stability, even when bolted into my ~800lb shop bench.
3. If I get an X2, I don't really want to invest more than $600 in the CNC retrofit. Can anyone recommend a conversion kit that has doesn't use aluminum mount plates and acme screws? I'm looking to put nema 34's on it as I've got 3 ~700oz/in'ers laying around.
Thanks,
-Corgano