it's a great machine. i could add for the price, but it is a great little-big machine no matter what. it can hold .0005 with no problem, of course, your cutters better be right, and you have to watch the wear factor. we are a tool and mold shop, so we don't get too involved in production. when we make 2 or 4 cores or cavities or dies, i can easly tease in the size. the relationship between the x and y axis is easily within a total of .0005. a good test is mill a square with radius corners and measure x, y, and across the corners both ways. any slop or problems will show right up. i build a specialized type of pinch trim die, and can mill punch and die to better than .001. my rw is always less than .0005 total deviation. i find this great, because it is just a milling machine, and not a jig-bore. i keep buying milltronics because the control is just plain easy to use and productive, ( i am getting lazy in my old age) and the whole machine is a bargain in the marketplace. coolant control is very good, doesn't get any on the floor. actually, i use my old vk5 a lot because it is the first machine i bump into when i am setting up a job. if you are looking for a good inexpensive machining center, you could do a hell of a lot worse than an rw machine.  |