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Originally Posted by frcguy
Woah, an inexpensive (relatively compared to the other options they sell) Haas machine aimed at education? We'll be taking a good look at this one.
Also, if anyone else is encountering a 404 when they try to visit the Haas page, I found a data sheet for it: http://haascnc.com/DOCLIB/Datasheets/DS_MM-EDU_US.pdf |
The link Dave posted was missing a letter.
http://haascnc.com/whatsnew-MINIMILL-EDU.asp should work.
FWIW this isn't as screaming a deal as I first thought. If you spec this out as a standard minimill is configured you basically end up at a slightly better price than the educational discount Haas offers for a purchase of any machine, with a worse warranty (educational purchases come with a 2 yr warranty, this one you have to pay for a 1 year warranty).
The kicker may be the extras they include as part of the classroom kit. It doesn't specify what those are, but if they're including CAD/CAM and tooling certificates that could well push it over the top.
That being said, if you don't need all the things that come standard on the non-educational minimill this would be a great way to get into an entry level machine that is going to be worlds better than any hobbyist grade machine (including tormach).