Need a good table top scrolling CNC!

[RoboChair]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

If you can make sprockets on a router but not on a Haas, something is very wrong with your setup or process on the Haas. I highly doubt it's the machine.

I meant to say that the Hass has not had a 100% success rate(works basically every time), not that it can't do it. Part of the issue there is to make a #25 chain sprocket you need to use a 1/8" endmill or smaller and the max spindle speed on the Hass is 7500 rpm when I should be running said endmill at 15000 rpm. So you have to turn the feed down. Also our 1/8" endmill is set in it's tool holder with just over 1" of stickout for clearance reasons with the parts we make and tool deflection doesn't help.

Enough of my rambling.

My point is your results with any machine are driven primarily by 2 factors. First is how well constructed you machine is. Second is how you use it. You can use a lesser machine to make the same part with comparable quality but it will take longer, more work, and have a higher chance of failure while doing so.

If I had to pick between a brand new VMC CNC with all the features and a VeloxCNC Router with all the options and both were free, I would pick the router every single time.