Hi all,
Great forum. Trying to get caught up on these smaller CNC machines.
I have some basic and broad questions to those that have some experience: is the turn key PM-940M-CNC-VS worth the initial purchase knowing that the nmotion controller and other aspects need upgrading fairly quickly? The laggy e-stop really has me scared to run the CNC-VS machine at all out the box.
This would be in comparison to a DIY PM-940M using a hardened way machine as a starting point. The cost of the CNC-VS is currently $8k. The hardened way manual machine is $3.5k which leaves $4.5K to complete the conversion.
Obviously the castings are what they are, so do many start with the CNC-VS version to gain the belt drive 2 speed head to get away from the low RPM gear head?
Are there other major differences the turn key machine has that can't be easily or affordably achieved with the converted manual machine?
Thanks!
Great forum. Trying to get caught up on these smaller CNC machines.
I have some basic and broad questions to those that have some experience: is the turn key PM-940M-CNC-VS worth the initial purchase knowing that the nmotion controller and other aspects need upgrading fairly quickly? The laggy e-stop really has me scared to run the CNC-VS machine at all out the box.
This would be in comparison to a DIY PM-940M using a hardened way machine as a starting point. The cost of the CNC-VS is currently $8k. The hardened way manual machine is $3.5k which leaves $4.5K to complete the conversion.
Obviously the castings are what they are, so do many start with the CNC-VS version to gain the belt drive 2 speed head to get away from the low RPM gear head?
Are there other major differences the turn key machine has that can't be easily or affordably achieved with the converted manual machine?
Thanks!