buying VMC machine

[dustincram]

"I am in a 1200sf unit with a 200sf office, and have 2 lathes, one knee mill, vertical and horizontal band saws, table saws, vibe finisher, Shopmaster 300 welder with tig and mig, tables, etc etc.... "

I have to LOL, sorry no disrespect intended. I think I am Laughing at myself.

I have 3 vmc's, A Hardinge superslant, A grizzly 9x 20 cnc lathe, 2 Horizontal bandsaws, 2 large toolboxes, drill-presses, etc.... In a 20 x 24 garage.

It sounds like you got a good deal on the Haas. With the tooling and 4th that will help get you going sooner. good luck with your new toy.

That is awesome, well done. I had most of this stuff in a garage of a place I rented in Montana while I was going to school. I was nuts, going out there when it was 5 degrees and working on those retro fits. Probably learned as much doing that as in engineering classes :-)

I need space now to build stuff, I've got a project that is 10'long X 8'wide, 8' tall right now, and a couple of smaller ones, plus I forgot about the forklift, man that thing takes up a lot of room. Wish I could put it outside, it just rains too much around here.

Thanks for the post, have fun with your garage full of goodies :-)
Dustin

Dustin

[dustincram]

I have a mighty comet very similar to the one in the picture.

Mine is a VMC 500P. 20 x 16 x 21 8krpm spindle, rigid tapping, same mitsubishi control as the picture. It weighs 8K #.

Machine Parts are available through Mighty cnc in CA.
Mitsubishi control parts are available.

I would think hard about 2 machines for $25K negotiable vs 1 for $18k especially when the mighty comet is a 1998. But it depends on the space you have too.

They just put the commet up for sale on craigslist, ultra cheap, $5000. Not sure what is wrong with it if anything, just thought it was interesting. Wish it was a little bigger! Half tempted to buy it anyway...

Comet Vertical Milling Machine VMC-500 P

Dustin

[dak1]

"I am in a 1200sf unit with a 200sf office, and have 2 lathes, one knee mill, vertical and horizontal band saws, table saws, vibe finisher, Shopmaster 300 welder with tig and mig, tables, etc etc.... "

I have to LOL, sorry no disrespect intended. I think I am Laughing at myself.

I have 3 vmc's, A Hardinge superslant, A grizzly 9x 20 cnc lathe, 2 Horizontal bandsaws, 2 large toolboxes, drill-presses, etc.... In a 20 x 24 garage.

It sounds like you got a good deal on the Haas. With the tooling and 4th that will help get you going sooner. good luck with your new toy.

That's space utilization!!!!

[A1CNC]

That's a good deal in my eyes for the Comet. I paid $4500 for mine with no tooling. Mine has programmable coolant but that's the only difference I see.

Space utilization, I guess. Good thing I am not claustrophobic!

I really need to either add on or Move!