CNCzone.com-The Largest Machinist Community on the net!



Home Page Mark Forums Read Today's Posts My Replies Classifieds Reviews Photo Gallery Web Links Share Files Advertise With Us Ad List
Go Back   CNCzone.com-The Largest Machinist Community on the net! > MetalWorking Machines > Novakon Systems


Novakon Systems Novakon Systems machines here!


This forum is sponsored by:

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1   Ban this user!
Old 02-14-2009, 01:24 PM
fourwheeler's Avatar  
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: US
Posts: 149
fourwheeler is on a distinguished road
Yee Haw!!

I put a deposit on the Novakon NM-135...I am so excited to actually have a mill to play with.

You guys that have one.....can you link me to some collets and stuff that I will need to get started?
Tweet this Post!Share on Facebook
Reply With Quote

  #2   Ban this user!
Old 02-14-2009, 02:13 PM
Crevice Reamer's Avatar  
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: USA
Posts: 3,454
Crevice Reamer is on a distinguished road

Congratulations on purchasing a fine mill! Which one did you get? The $3.5K or the $5K?

You CAN buy regular R8 tooling, but I recommend you start collecting Quick Change tooling NOW before you invest a lot into something else. You only need an adapter R8 collet, a few same-size-shank (3/8) end mills, a drill chuck holder, and 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2" end mill holders to begin with. You can always add QC collets later.

http://littlemachineshop.com/product...itFast=tormach

http://www.tormach.com/Product_TTS.html

CR.
Tweet this Post!Share on Facebook
Reply With Quote

  #3   Ban this user!
Old 02-14-2009, 04:44 PM
fourwheeler's Avatar  
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: US
Posts: 149
fourwheeler is on a distinguished road

I ordered the 5K mill. I also upgraded the controller.
Tweet this Post!Share on Facebook
Reply With Quote

  #4   Ban this user!
Old 02-14-2009, 09:41 PM
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: USA
Posts: 43
williams480 is on a distinguished road
Thumbs up

Originally Posted by fourwheeler View Post
I put a deposit on the Novakon NM-135...I am so excited to actually have a mill to play with.
Congrats !

I'm torn between the 135 & 200. I like the 6k spindle on the 135, but I also like the increased travel of the 200, but not $$.

I'm already looking at power drawbars before I even have a machine.
I need help !

Don't forget to post pics. for us that are still procrastinating.
Tweet this Post!Share on Facebook
Reply With Quote

  #5   Ban this user!
Old 02-14-2009, 10:25 PM
fourwheeler's Avatar  
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: US
Posts: 149
fourwheeler is on a distinguished road

Power drawbars??? Got links??
Tweet this Post!Share on Facebook
Reply With Quote

Sponsored Links
  #6   Ban this user!
Old 02-14-2009, 10:39 PM
Crevice Reamer's Avatar  
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: USA
Posts: 3,454
Crevice Reamer is on a distinguished road

Here's one:

http://cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68939

CR.
Tweet this Post!Share on Facebook
Reply With Quote

  #7   Ban this user!
Old 02-15-2009, 01:05 AM
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: canada
Posts: 2,182
ihavenofish is on a distinguished road

Originally Posted by williams480 View Post
Congrats !

I'm torn between the 135 & 200. I like the 6k spindle on the 135, but I also like the increased travel of the 200, but not $$.

I'm already looking at power drawbars before I even have a machine.
I need help !

Don't forget to post pics. for us that are still procrastinating.
the 200 is a really big machine, bordering on the physical size of a haas tm1 mill. if you have room and money though, its also going to be head and shoulders better than the 135 in every way.
Tweet this Post!Share on Facebook
Reply With Quote

  #8   Ban this user!
Old 02-15-2009, 03:16 AM
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Posts: 8
jfischer is on a distinguished road

Do keep us informed on the Novakon NM-135. I have been looking at it myself, and doing a lot of reading and asking questions.

I make a lot of one off stuff, so really not sure the mill would be worth all invested, as I have a X2 with a ton of accessories for it, but the CNC part, and the learning curve is tempting me.

The quick change tooling would be nice, as I know on my little X2 when I have a rotary table in it, and a chuck, it is hard to get even a R-8 drill chuck out of it many times.

Only bad thing is my shop is not that big, and has a lot of large woodworking equipment in it now, and trying to figure out what would have to go.

I too am into the R/C aspect of it and like to make parts for the crawlers I have been messing around with over the Winter.

Looking forward to see what you think when it comes in.
Jeff
Tweet this Post!Share on Facebook
Reply With Quote

  #9   Ban this user!
Old 02-15-2009, 03:46 AM
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: USA
Posts: 43
williams480 is on a distinguished road

Originally Posted by fourwheeler View Post
Power drawbars??? Got links??
Something like this one, or my own twist on it.

http://www.littlemachineshop.com/pro...ory=1687114045

The Tormach TTS looks like the way to go with or without a power drawbar.

Good Luck.
Tweet this Post!Share on Facebook
Reply With Quote

  #10   Ban this user!
Old 02-15-2009, 09:23 AM
Crevice Reamer's Avatar  
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: USA
Posts: 3,454
Crevice Reamer is on a distinguished road

Originally Posted by jfischer View Post
The quick change tooling would be nice, as I know on my little X2 when I have a rotary table in it, and a chuck, it is hard to get even a R-8 drill chuck out of it many times....
Hi Jeff. Welcome to the Zone!

Jeff, you could add QC tooling right now to your X2. It is either an R8 or a MT3 spindle. That's just an adapter collet. The Actual Tormach QC tooling can be used on either and is transferrable forward.

It can save you a lot of hassle right now. For about $100 (A couple end mill holders and a drill chuck holder --JT number on your chuck, beat out the old arbor) you can get started.

CR.
Tweet this Post!Share on Facebook
Reply With Quote

Sponsored Links
  #11   Ban this user!
Old 02-15-2009, 09:24 AM
fourwheeler's Avatar  
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: US
Posts: 149
fourwheeler is on a distinguished road

Originally Posted by williams480 View Post
Something like this one, or my own twist on it.

http://www.littlemachineshop.com/pro...ory=1687114045

The Tormach TTS looks like the way to go with or without a power drawbar.

Good Luck.
Linky no worky....this one?

http://www.littlemachineshop.com/pro...2936&category=
Tweet this Post!Share on Facebook
Reply With Quote

  #12   Ban this user!
Old 02-15-2009, 12:28 PM
fourwheeler's Avatar  
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: US
Posts: 149
fourwheeler is on a distinguished road

Originally Posted by Crevice Reamer View Post
Congratulations on purchasing a fine mill! Which one did you get? The $3.5K or the $5K?

You CAN buy regular R8 tooling, but I recommend you start collecting Quick Change tooling NOW before you invest a lot into something else. You only need an adapter R8 collet, a few same-size-shank (3/8) end mills, a drill chuck holder, and 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2" end mill holders to begin with. You can always add QC collets later.

http://littlemachineshop.com/product...itFast=tormach

http://www.tormach.com/Product_TTS.html

CR.
Is this the collet I would need for the Tormach quick change tooling?
Tweet this Post!Share on Facebook
Reply With Quote

Reply




Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On





All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:08 PM.





Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2012, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO
Template-Modifications by TMS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353