pic: 1251 Cutting at Sonny's

[Cory]

Originally Posted by techtiger1

That Haas mill is a workhorse and yes the oil spray was on. We haven't had any issues with tolerances just yet but we'll see soon enough . Our fixtures in my opinion are pretty good as we are using six holes to bolt this piece down. You guys will get pictures of what was being cut soon enough and will ask you to tell us how that machine is working. Big thanks to Sonny's for letting us tie down that machine for about 4 days. On another note for sanddrag Sonny's told us there are CNC's that are more accurate and built better. Puma manufactures 4 axis machines that are supposed to be more precise, how I don't know.

-Drew

Wow, that's like $5000 worth of Kurt vises

I think Dave was referring specifically to how using the Haas router/gantry mill compared to a normal VMC. The gantry setup is much less rigid than a normal VMC.

Haas in general is pretty entry level as far as CNC machine tools go. They're nice machines, but not many people use them for real exotic stuff.