Newbee first post

[WindyMiller]

Evening folks, just a few words to say Hi, my name is Paul and i live in Daventry in the UK.
I have just started to setup a new workshop after a ten year break, my machines are a Chester Comet lathe (Sieg C4) and a Sieg X2 mill, it is my intention to convert the X2 to 4 axis cnc control using a Syil kit and would be grateful for any info or views regarding Syil versus CNC fusion kit etc.
I currently work in a Bakery as a shift engineer on continental shifts, so I should in theory have plenty of spare time to make piles of swarf.

Bye for now
Paul

[Praised1]

Good day to all! My name is Ahmed I reside in South Africa....... New to this forum and believe theres tons³ of knowledge herein. I have set up my home workshop - about a year now and my cravings are model engines and gas turbines (does the world need another??). I have a HQ 800 mill/lathe combo that I intend to sweat to the max and look forward to hearing from all............

[hedonc]

Ahmed,
good day I am french and I living in France my job is repair the Machine Tools and cnc . and My son live to Cameroun.To the cameroun there are not ,very much cnc machine tools. How is on south afrique. what are there possibility to sell the Machine tool.

[Praised1]

Bo jour Hedonc,

Nice to hear from you. Yes SA has a market for CNC macine tools. The little I had experience with - Siemens Sinumerik , Fanuc, Mazak , Haas..... . The only obstacle I see is marketing. You have to be good in marketing your product, should you want to get in.

There are a number of machine tool rebuliders in South Africa. I was involved in a project upgrade of a centreless grinder. We had an old unit refurbished and converted to CNC controls. Again you need to be able to break into the market - networking in this market is important.

If I can suggest - you should research this on the internet, google search directed at SA market.

Hope this helps,

Tojours Ahmed