What control is on the mill? Get the same make for the lathe. Lot less learning to do. Especially if you go for the Okuma lathe with one of their controls on it. However since you don't know lathes, it wouldn't be as bad as for someone who is use to the canned cycles and Macro programming of a Fanuc, and then goes to an Okuma control.
Can't help with your decision. We have Okuma, Daewoo and Mori lathes, but all are older models. My personal choice for the brands mentioned would be the Mori.
EDIT: Many of the canned cycles for a lathe will be different than those used on a mill. If you macro program for the mill, then it will be pretty much the same format for the lathe. |