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Any suggestions for relatively inexpensive milling machine models that can cut stainless steel? I haven't decided on a budget yet but I'm interested in leaning about all options up to about $10 000. I'm thinking of the Townlabs CNC but I'm researching other options. Any other relatively small desktop or benchtop machines that folks would recommend to me? I'm also wondering how important a liquid or oil coolant system is for cutting SS and preserving tool life. The parts I intend to make are relatively small - custom headless tuning hardware and individual bridge and nut saddle systems for multi-scale (fanned-fret) instruments. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. |
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| After further research I've heard bad things about Townlabs and Microkinetics. Anyone have experience with Syil machines? If the expertise in this sub-forum is more oriented towards wood routing cnc's would I be better off posting in a different forum area? |
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