Alright so I'm shopping around for a cnc mill.
First I looked at getting a Taig 2027ER(from nick), then the MicroMill DSLS 3000 from microproto(just another taig with closed loop), and the CNC Super X3 from Syil.
Cost isn't really an issue as long as it's around $3000(under is nice). The biggest problem with choosing is waiting for it. I'm just home for under 2 months for the summer. I wanted to get something pretty fast to have some time to play with it before I have to start class up. I do intend to pay the mill visits every weekend as I would only have class 2 days out of the week. Ok so going on.
The wait:
Nick says 4 to 8 weeks
Microproto says 4 weeks
Syil says 20 days to build and 25 days to ship
Before anything else. Which is the best machine? The Taig is proven to be a great machine and I haven't heard anything about microprotos closed system. I asked them about it and they say it can exceed feedrates of 60 IPM while the 2027 can only do about 30. Since the Super X3 is somewhat new I'm not sure if I want to just jump into that. Shipping the darn thing scares me also.
I'm tempted to just buy a taig off ebay but they pretty much go for what they cost new and I'm usually not too thrilled about the controllers.
What do I do? I don't know which one to choose. Which one would be worth the wait. etc. Advice very much appriciated.
Maybe I could build one instead. I'm up for anything.