[forrey]

Hi.
I am seriously looking at the Pro and went for a visit to see the machines and was impressed, but I need to ask some questions of the people who own and run the machines.
Is anybody using them in a production environment re short run ( 10 to 100 ) or using them all day.
How do they hold up cutting Stainless or titanium.
I do have a ton of questions but a bit at a time.
Thanks
Forrey.

[SCzEngrgGroup]

I am just starting to use mine in a "production" environment, but almost entirely on aluminum. So far, I am very pleased. I see no reason it wouldn't be just fine on harder materials. Certainly it handles mild steel every bit as well as aluminum. In this size and price range, I don't see what else you could possibly buy that would come close. I couldn't find anything that wasn't either much smaller and/or much more expensive. To me, the only serious competitor is the Tormach 1100, which has much smaller travels, and is nowhere near as fast, and has a slower spindle. There are the Smithy machines, which are the same *basic* machine, but, again much smaller travels. AFAIK, none of the others are available with servos either.

Regards,
Ray L.

[AiR_GuNNeR]

Novakon is has just released the "Pulsar" as well. It's a redesign and from the description is top notch for a CNC mill of this class.

[holbieone]

visit them again and bring some SST and Ti have them cut a circle , square , and triangle stacked up on each other

then you can see for your self and have a mark up of the machines performance

[forrey]

Hi, Thanks for the responses, so far this is the best thing all things considered.
I have been looking at Dave Decaussin's UMC-10 which seems to be a sweet thing and there are lots of things about it I would prefer to have on a machine over the Pro but they do not seem to be set up very well at the present time and the shipping cost would kill me.
Forrey.

[kvom]

I was at Cabin Fever this past weekend where Novakon had both a Torus and a Pulsar on display. Both are quite impressive and a great step up from previous models.

I was impressed with the build quality of the control cabinet electronics on the Torus.

[AiR_GuNNeR]

I was at Cabin Fever this past weekend where Novakon had both a Torus and a Pulsar on display. Both are quite impressive and a great step up from previous models.

I was impressed with the build quality of the control cabinet electronics on the Torus.

Did you happen to snap a few pictures of the Pulsar?

[SCzEngrgGroup]

Pictures here: http://www.cnczone.com/forums/trade_...g_machnie.html

Regards,
Ray L.