[VTEC]

I was curious what you guys thought were the best and worst machines you've ran

my faviorte so far has been a Johnford SV-45H
my worst would have to be a Hurco Acroloc

[Pres]

Why do you feel that way about each one?

[WayneHill]

Best - Hardinge SP Lathe. Holding +-.00005 on Diameters

Worst - Moog Hydrapoint Mill with air tape reader - A real POS

[The Metal]

best- daewoo 5" horz.

worst- 4" femco horz.

[VTEC]

i love the johnford because its only a year old the control is nice, the machine will do anything its like a mac truck it will suck parts out of the vise and not even care the load meter never jumped past 35%

And with the Acroloc it was old and always breaking. the tool holders it had were junk and you couldnt bury into any material it couldnt handle it and at that shop it was all aluminum

[ajl6549]

Best: 2004 Mazak FH8800 with an 8 pallet Palletech


Worst: Some old (1975 or older) machine with hydrualic drive motors, and a retro fitted Fagor controler.

[Matt_S]

Best:Haas VF3 % axis machining center



Worst:Leadwell LTC15 Lathe

[mark c]

Best: Leblond Makino A55 Horizontal mill; fast & rock solid
Worst: Wotan 5 axis horizontal mill w/Allen Bradley control; very tempermental and control was a real P.O.S

[Bear]

Mine,
Bear

[DLMACHINE]

Best - Citizen L20 swiss lathe - absolutely flawless 24/7 they just run and precision is a no brainer.

worst - Doosan twin spindle lathe - 2 months after receiving 2 brand new machines we were forced to use 1 for parts to attempt to keep the other one running.In Doosan's defense they were nice enough to send men in nice white coats in to fix it ( 1 hour after they left the building it shorted out and blew numerous fuses). Both machines were auctioned for almost nothing.

[myhäje]

Best: Any where you can force coolant off.
Worst: Any where you cannot force coolant off.