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Thanks Ray, after reading your post i feel much better about my 1340GT. I see that you have a PM-45M-CNC, I am looking to upgrade from my G0704, once i have the 1340Gt set up i will have to pick our brain about the Mill.
Danny
CNC is a whole different can of worms. You can start-up a different thread and we can go-over all that in general terms, agnostic of brand/model/supplier etc.
As for the 1340GT, Matt sells around 150 per year and we've never had a serious issue and in all honesty, in the time I've been associated with Matt, I don't personally recall even any minor issues that would require more than 10-15 minutes of user time involving a screwdriver or allen wrench. Now do realize ALL lathes need to be setup properly when they arrive. No way can you expect a lathe to be aligned properly once it's been crated and shipped across a couple continents and a big ocean. Also, in days gone by, when lathes arrived at a customer site, a tech-rep would show-up and tidy-up the last minute details and do the alignment. Those days are gone and the user needs to perform that function.... Anyhow he ordered about 40 of them this last time around and only a handful are left. I'm sitting on a couple for people who are on the fence but Matt reserves the right to sell them if someone calls and puts money down.
For folks who are getting their first big lathe (or mill), relax, have a cup of coffee, take your time and enjoy the setup process. I can setup a lathe in one day but when I do it for myself, heck, I'll spread it out for as long as I want to. For folks who are first learning to use a lathe/mill and purchased something big like this, you've bitten-off a good bit of work for yourself. Go slow, and ask questions first and don't try to do everything all at one time. If possible, find a knowledgeable friend to help and of course, myself and others here can help too. This is not like buying a refrigerator at the big box store and it's not like buying a new car at the dealership. -Different nature in this game and totally different processes involved.
BTW, for CNC machines, the advise/recommendations are the same -but multiplied by a factor of 5 because there's about 5 times as much homework to do up-front.
Ray
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