I have an apartment (which might be an interesting market to go after) and have very limited space. Even the WoodWorker on its side is still very big. I want to mount the Machinist on a cart (which I can roll out on my outside balcony to reduce noise and mess) and be able to work on metals (aluminu…

In mill terms, the Z axis is your limiting factor. The Onefinity makes an awesome CNC router, but the harsh reality is that it simply doesn’t have the Z axis backbone to make a decent mill. It might be ok for aluminum, but I wouldn’t attempt steel on it, unless it was a one-time thing. You’re looki…

@TheColonel26 Rigidity and mass. You can mill steel with small enough bites, it’ll just take forever. You can see my aluminum work above and I agree with @Machinist , steel isn’t something I’d machine on my 1F. I am looking at Tormach and Haas for this right now.

[image] alldaysammyj: Rigidity and mass ^ THIS ^ You will also see that most mills use steel sliding ways which adds to rigidity, as opposed to linear bearings.

Hey TheColonel26, hey Bill, all, this is one of the machines I could have bought if I hadn’t bought the Onefinity (Ben @ben I think you would appreciate the 43 mm Euro mount :slight_smile:). As you can see here, it is advertised with milling a knife video out of 1.2510 (100MnCrW4) / 1.2842 (90MnCrV…

[image] CommunityUser5: One question (I don’t own such a router): Why is everyone actually pushing the trim router as far into the mount as they can? Is there a special reason to do so? EDIT: Aahh! I forgot that with the 65 mm mount, the Z stepper is in the way ! Argh! I must be tired since e…

[image] TheColonel26: Are there any examples of people putting a 3KW + Spindle on a Machinist and upsizing the steppers? with 80 mm Spindle Mount : Upgrading stepper motor for 80mm Spindle

Indeed, it’s a very dynamic market! Thanks for sharing. Nitty gritty but I would miss the autonomous controller. I’m solely on Macs and the thought of having to install, upgrade, maintain a Windows PC lead me away from quite a number of CNCs when I was researching. Competition is good. And it’s go…

Hey Benoît, yes there are more than one cnc manufacturers in Europe, and spindles as well :slight_smile: [image] ben: the thought of having to install, upgrade, maintain a Windows PC lead me away from quite a number of CNCs when I was researching. I understand you totally with this. I use W…

Your line of thinking is spot-on in questioning why the router is inserted all the way down into the holder. If it could be held closer to the bottom, that would help tremendously in making things more rigid. But as you also commented, it would reduce Z travel by the amount you raise it up. But it m…

[image] CommunityUser5: this is one of the machines I could have bought if I hadn’t bought the Onefinity (Ben @ben I think you would appreciate the 43 mm Euro mount :slight_smile:) The High Z is a seriously study machine. I had one on loan from the US distributor for them a couple of years a…

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CommunityUser5 December 24, 2021, 8:27am 12

with 80 mm Spindle Mount:

Upgrading stepper motor for 80mm Spindle

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