I am looking for advice on how to choose the right vmc for my shop. We are an architectural metalworking company that is constantly working on high end projects with materials that range from stainless steel to bronze to aluminum. We manufacture a furniture line and hardware. In the past any machining was out sourced but we want to be capable in house at this point. We have recently purchased a Flow waterjet and it has changed our lives so much that I want to further our mastery of cnc manufacturing.
We develop everything in Solidworks and would like a seamless integration from that program to machine to part.
Questions: What brand (Haas?Hurco?)
Software: onecnc? Conversational programming?
Used or new?
40"x 20"x20" travel is minimum for us.
look to spend appx 60k possible?
Help! I know almost nothing!