Re: What is the best chinese machine for the money??
I bought my first 6040 after buying the little Sable-2015 that I still use for PCB work, and I used it only just long enough to really appreciate the advantages of a bigger and more capable machine!
I frikkin love my 6090, I'd have it in the lounge room on display if I could! The wife possibly may not be too keen on that though. I get untold hours of pleasure when machining big 2.5D jobs just sitting feet up with a cuppa watching it work occasionally. It's very therapeutic! Hmmm...CNC is actually GOOD for the health and well being!
I got caught out on the import costs due to my complete lack of experience, and the intense pressure and stress I was under at the time thinking "delivery to your door" actually meant delivery to your door. And at the time I was hearing all sorts of horror stories of items held up in customs accruing hundreds of dollars in fees per day. So I was under a lot of pressure to just get it sorted real quick, that cost. I've heard of other Aussies having it down to around $1200 or so all up inc GST.
Having said that, I don't regret buying it one bit, ever!
The 6040 was a very good and capable machine once I threw a G540 on it, and it really got me hooked extremely quick for bigger, better, but ultimately it was a couple of grand wasted for me really. One day I'll get around to selling it.
The ones from Omio from all accounts really do look to be the bee's knee's so far as 6040's go however, but when I bought mine there was a huge cost difference, and not a lot of the info about the garbage TB6560 boards around like there is of late.
cheers, Ian
It's rumoured that everytime someone buys a TB6560 based board, an engineer cries!