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Re: GRIZZLY TOOLS

Recently acquired a nice Sieg X2 with the Hoss mods rigged for CNC.
Including the Hoss mill head freak swivel.

One caution with Chinese mills sometimes you need to clean up the ways a bit.
The existing owner had torn this down and modified every axis so I had no worries as the quality of his work showed it was fine.

The X2 as delivered stock might be on the small side so,
A nice size mill likely worth looking at is the RF45:
http://charteroakautomation.com/our-...nual-bed-mill/

That said there is something to be said for using a Shopbot style router table.
You get a larger working area and if mistakes are made typically you cut wood.

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Originally Posted by sanddrag View Post
I'm going to downvote the Rage Evolution 2 for FRC use. We have one. It's excellent at cutting anything steel including box tube, unistrut, and angle. However, it's terrible for aluminum, especially solid bar stock. The blade is too slow, and the teeth clog pretty bad. My go-to saw for aluminum box tubing is a Dewalt 12" with a Fteud Diablo 80T blade.
Never tried solid stock over 3/4" but my Rage2 has not had this issue.
I agree it's a great saw for steel - cheaper than a proper cold saw but gets the job done.

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