I have a DM45 Bed Mill in my shop. This machine will stand up to the punsishment that it is advertised. I use it on a daily basis to cut everything from engraving serial tags to cutting steel. Now, I will grant that since it is a smaller format machine, I do have to cut back feedrates and cut size. It is just a machine that I can program, setup and hit cycle start. It might take a little longer to cut, but instead of spending between 15,000 to 40,000 on a machine, it was only 14,000 ready to run. I had the machine for 2 months and went back to get the probe and tool touch off and they STILL gave me a discount. I was only charged 1,850 for the package. They also told me that if I ever wanted to go to full digitizing they would dramatically drop the price since I already had the probe. The only complaint I have about the mill is the head has a tendancy to lose tram. This is solved by an indicator and about 15 minutes of tramming. It's not quite a Boss, but price a Boss and a retrofit and then determine if it is worth the price. I guess it will really depend on what you need it for. As and after-thought, Ajax had a retrofit kit for a Boss as well, so if you need the size of the machine maybe you can get the best of both worlds.  |