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    your opinions on hurco hawk 5m

    hello i am completely new to cnc [all manual experience] i have been offered a 96 hawk 5m with the ultimax 3 control twin screen with low hours and in very good order
    what i would like to know is how these machines are thought of.. go, bad, or indifferent
    i suppose I'm am also thinking about build quality, ease of use, reliability etc
    please let me know your thoughts cheers chy

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    Hurco puts out one of the easiest to use conversational programs I have ever used. Quickly picked up and imagination is the limit. I work in an injection mold tool shop. I would say 60% of the programming is done on the conversational programming and 40 with a mastercam, bobcad, or someother off line software. The hawk is a good machine to start with.

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    thanks jetski for your help your opinion is appreciated cheers chy

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    I was a Senior Application Engineer for Hurco several years back. I had never run a Hurco before and was training in conversational with in one month to large groups. I now do training on my own and have a better manual than Hurco for training. Let me know if you need one. I also do on site training. UK is a little far but I will still give you a quote if your interested. I can have someone up to fully understanding the machine (1-2 people) in about 8-14 hours. Everything from simple face milling, pockets, and as complicated at multiple lead threads by the end. I also do ball bar testing to let you know how accurate your machine is. Glad I could help. The manual for intro and advanced $70.00 (total for both manuals). I can send you a sample page if needed.

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    hi jetski we have just bought a Hurco Hawk 5m machine second hand in excellent condition but recieved no manuals, so we are interested in purchacing the ones you have for sale if thats possible, our e mail address is
    [email protected]
    If you could drop us a mail with the details it would be grately appriciated
    Thanx

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