How is the quality of the Syil X3 cnc mill?

[squale]

I am wondering how the quality of this mill is? is it even at all comparable to the quality of a bridge port? I know the power isn't going to be near the same..

are there much better cnc mills out there in this price range?

[apeman88]

I'm in the same boat looking to upgrade from my Taig. So far... I'm looking at Syil($4K), Tormach($7K) and Industrial Hobbies(around $7K). All need stand, computer, tools and etc.

Like Tormach's stand and hear they are great machines. But they are using steppers. IH is using servos and have larger work envelop. But I'm not sure of the quality/reliability when compared to Tormach.

[squale]

the new Seig CNC's that are coming out look very nice, I wonder what their price is going to be..

[Pretorien]

[Dodson]

Originally Posted by squale the new Seig CNC's that are coming out look very nice, I wonder what their price is going to be..

What new Seig? You have info/links/pics?

Thanks.

Dodson

[John S.]

http://www.siegind.com/cnc_machine.pdf

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[cyclestart]

Originally Posted by squale is it even at all comparable to the quality of a bridge port?

A Bridgeport is an industrial machine. The Syil is a hobby machine. Apples and oranges in both cost and quality.

It looks like Sieg is getting ambitious. It would be interesting to see what's going on on their Quality Control and R&D departments. Maybe this is Sieg's Hyundia Pony?

[squale]

yeah these new Seig machines certainly look nice, I just wonder what the cost is going to be. If you can get either a full cnc mill or lathe will a cooling system and enclousure for sub 8K each I think that's a great deal! If you want to get something with a full encloursure and cooling system right now you need to either go for a Wabeco at about 15K or then step up to a bigger machine like a SWI Trake Lathe 1630 for about $25K or a HAAS TL-1 for about $23K

[gerryv]

They look quite a bit like the new Smithy CNC's. Maybe the same roots? Maybe too an idea on price?

[DonF]

Originally Posted by gerryv They look quite a bit like the new Smithy CNC's. Maybe the same roots? Maybe too an idea on price?

They are the same Per Willie at Sieg I inquired about a KX3 CNC he sent me to Smithy. I inquired about importing a machine myself to save a few bucks .... He sent me back to Smithy - I think there is a theme here

[squale]

yeah no word on the new KC6 lathe though being available in the USA..

[CNCfun&games]

Originally Posted by squale I am wondering how the quality of this mill is? is it even at all comparable to the quality of a bridge port? I know the power isn't going to be near the same.. are there much better cnc mills out there in this price range?

I agree with cyclestart !

To go further, I would never pay $4-7 K for a hobby Machine, no matter how “pretty” it is!

If you decide you might want to do some serious work in the future, buy yourself a Bridgeport Boss & retrofit it. I bought a clean Boss 4 on E-Bay for under $1500.
The electronics package cost about $1250. By following Roland Friestad’s articles in HSM & info. here on the Zone, the retrofit was easy. You can do most of the work with just a hand drill!!

If you elect to Retrofit a Bridgeport 2J it will probably cost you an additional $1500. The Ballscrews alone are $1000. and you will have to fabricate all
the motor mounts etc.

I’ve retrofitted both machines and I would cast my vote for the Boss in terms
of “return on investment”.(time & money)

I like to build Benchtop machines for fun…but I do all the hard work on my Bridgeports.

CNCfun&games