None of those small mills have 18 in of X travel. For that you will need a bigger toy. Even most mill drills don't have 18. And just FYI if you want 18 get 20, because you don't want to working right up against the limits. That makes for great fun when you trash workpieces because your measuments in set up were .05 off.
Look at a knee mill retrofit. That might do what you want and give you value as well, just pick up an older knee mill in decent shape, just about the same price as a Taig and much more capable.
In the end plan to spend about the same for a decent cnc mill as you did for inventor and edgecam together. I know you don' t want to spend a fortune....but odds are you will ;')
Closed loop means the motors feedback to the controller and self correct. The open loop system has no feedback. Most closed loop systems are servo controlled. |