Forget the CAM drawings. A CNC mill can work equally well in either system regardless whether the leadscrews are metric or imperial. It could be bananas per inch, a slong as you know the convertion factor eveything is fine.
For manual use you need either metric screws with metric dials or inch screws with inch dials. A Metric screw with inch dial used to machine metric dimensions would be a nightmare.
I doubt you will save much importing from the States once you consider import duty/VAT, shipping and paperwork. Also how would you return a faulty machine.
Regards
Phil
Originally Posted by alexccmeister  Hi All,
Looking at buying an X2 mill from www.axminster.co.uk. The reason is that they sell their equipment in metric. I would prefer to get from the states as the same equipment is cheaper. However, can someone tell me if there is really any other difference other than the measurements? I normally works with metric but I wouldn't mind working in inches except its abit confusing for me having to think in inches. And all my cam drawings are all in mm. So a pain in the a@# to change them to inches. Please help.
Alex |