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It's nice to hear you folks are happy with the machines and they're surviving the shipping process. Transportation: that's where most of the headaches arise... If it makes any difference to know this, I hardly get any calls for setup or post sales issues on these machines. -Just a few normal questions and the never-ending request for tips and tricks...
One thing I'd like to pass along to any future owners... going forward, I'm strongly recommending the 4" vise vs the 5". I've recommend it to all previous clients but some opted for the 5" and now, folks are reporting some regret. All is good, the 5" is still useable but managing the table space and positioning of the rear jaw is not desirable. For those who have the 5" vise, I'm in the process of designing an adapter plate to make it more versatile. The drawings will be given-away free.
And just to let folks know, there currently is no factory variable speed option for the 932.
FWIW, when you have power table feed, you can get away with fixed speeds a little easier because, you just set the spindle speed to the nearest appropriate value then, tweak the table speed to find a smooth, chatterless feedrate. This technique is hard to do with hand operation of the crank because our humanly unsteadiness causes the bit to engage and disengage due to unevenness of the table travel. Variable table speed fixes that problem. If variable spindle is an absolute must, there is a separate 3 phase motor and VFD that can be purchased outright and installed yourself later on. The motor is the same RPM as the stock motor so, overall spindle speeds don't change.
BTW, the PM45CNC product platform is doing well. I get an awful lot of questions about CAD/CAM stuff but, the number of technical issues related to initial setup (now that we've created a new user guide) is nil.
... Thanks for your patience with the supply issues and enjoy your equipment. -Be safe...
Ray
One thing I'd like to pass along to any future owners... going forward, I'm strongly recommending the 4" vise vs the 5". I've recommend it to all previous clients but some opted for the 5" and now, folks are reporting some regret. All is good, the 5" is still useable but managing the table space and positioning of the rear jaw is not desirable. For those who have the 5" vise, I'm in the process of designing an adapter plate to make it more versatile. The drawings will be given-away free.
And just to let folks know, there currently is no factory variable speed option for the 932.
FWIW, when you have power table feed, you can get away with fixed speeds a little easier because, you just set the spindle speed to the nearest appropriate value then, tweak the table speed to find a smooth, chatterless feedrate. This technique is hard to do with hand operation of the crank because our humanly unsteadiness causes the bit to engage and disengage due to unevenness of the table travel. Variable table speed fixes that problem. If variable spindle is an absolute must, there is a separate 3 phase motor and VFD that can be purchased outright and installed yourself later on. The motor is the same RPM as the stock motor so, overall spindle speeds don't change.
BTW, the PM45CNC product platform is doing well. I get an awful lot of questions about CAD/CAM stuff but, the number of technical issues related to initial setup (now that we've created a new user guide) is nil.
... Thanks for your patience with the supply issues and enjoy your equipment. -Be safe...
Ray