Originally Posted by emceul  being my first cnc i`m also thinking about buying a second hand...
it`s a very complicate decision to make ... for example i found a mori seiki for less then half the price of a brand new Haas.... well the machine is an MV-40 from 1991... but it does the job that i`m uninterested ...
On the other hand Haas is faster and of course is new!! the best solution is to buy top technology this way you are on step ahead from the competition but i don`t have the money for more those machines ...
i don`t want to make the wrong decision here ...
Anyway thank you for your advise! |
I notice you are from Romania. How close is your Hass factory outlet or service center? We have three Hass mills and they work good but they need a lot of service. Just this year we have had a bad cable, X and Y axis motors go out, a tool changer broken off, 3 or 4 switches go bad, 5 or so relays, a spindle drive, two nitrogen counter balances. If your far from a service center keep in mind you have to pay for travel to get repairs done. I would buy new if your far from service. If you don't want to deal with service issues check out the Mori duracenters. If you are already looking at Korean machines check out the Kia mills. We have several of their lathes and they never have problems, I saw one of the mills at West tech and was very impressed for the money.