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Unread 07-14-2004, 07:56 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by jaydee116
No. The problem is the construction of the mill itself. The MaxNC15 is a much better option for a cheap desktop mill. http://www.maxnc.com/ fixittt used to make batch's of the D-TEK Spiral on one before he gave up.

Still if you plan on anything resembling production save up and get a better mill. This one http://www.flashcutcnc.com/html/mach_9000.html would be the minimal one I would get for even small batch's of copper blocks. I just about bought one a month ago but I didn't like the limited spindle speed of 3000RPM max. I would prefer a spindal speed of 10,000 at least for the smaller end mills. makes thing go ALOT faster.

Just curious what you think the realistic "hobbist" capacity of this mill is. Could you get enough prototyping output (and repeatability and accuracy) to actually enjoy using it?
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