Hi guys,

I would like to have your opinion on Leadwell, a cnc producer from Taiwan.
Does anyone have experience on theese machines?

Your reply would be appreciated.

Regards,
ddanutz

We had one catch fire once. Damn near burned to the ground.

could you please be more specific on that?

thank you,
ddanutz

I have two. An MCV-0 and a V-40. The MCV we got a year ago, just got the V40 a couple months ago.

I think they are good machines. We are selling the MCV because we got the V40. They both are accurate, reliable, and neither has had any major problems.

I think if you look at a Leadwell, then go look at Fadal, Haas, Supermax and MANY other machines, you won't see that much difference. I think that to get a genuinely "better" machine, you need to step to something like Mazak (at least), or Mori, Matsuura or others. I think to justify high end machines, you need to do high end work. We cut tons of acrylic, lots of aluminum, a little bit of steel, brass, copper, and titanium and none of the leadwells have ever skipped a beat. Never needed any service on any of the machines so I can't say how their service is.

Well,

I do have now a Leadwell machine, it is an MV-30i.
Running good, i not have tools to measure the accuracy, i sometimes leave it working and go home for eating. This is a good machine and a good company.
Highly recommended !!

Cheers,
ddanutz