Originally Posted by jalessi  Why not spend your money on a used full size CNC machine?
Machining connecting rods require a very heavy accurate machine in order to do them on a production basis.
If you want to make one a day, go buy a small bench mill like you are talking about.
You will be painfully watching the hours tick by....
The importance of machine rigidity is very critical when it comes to speed and accuracy.
Ninety nine percent of the bench top machines wont hold .0005
The round column machine you are talking about has issues when to move the head up or down, it will not stay indexed correctly.
There are fixes for it however most opt for a square column mill instead.
P.S. it would be nice to know your name
Jeff... |
Thank you all for the advice, my name is Ricardo. Do you have any suggestions as to manufactures/setups to look for? Thanks