WOULD YOU BUY A CNC MINI MILL MADE IN NORTH AMERICA IF IT COST MORE?

[heilcnc]

would you buy a mini cnc mill if it cost a little more then say a siyl if it was made in
canada and the usa and was better quality and finish so you did not have to rework
it castings made here to not china

[asuratman]

Hello,
How much more expensive? It will depend also on design. Thanks.

[heilcnc]

should be about $200 more for a machine the size of syils x4 mill
look at -(open source cast iron box way benchtop milling machine) thread
for design

[Dualkit]

Since I have a machining center I have no use for a mini mill, all that a side I try to buy American whenever I can. If I was in the market for one I would pay an extra $200 for a domestic model. Unfortunately I believe I am in the minority,
as I even know fellow people that work in US manufacturing jobs that buy whatever is the cheapest, they seem to care less about anyone but themselves. If you are an American manufacturer or work for one every dollar you send out of the country is a dollar that can't be spent on products you manufacture. As for cheap Chinese machines, I have read numerous threads on the internet about how people "rebuild" something they bought new and brag about fixing it! Funny how they don't see anything wrong with that. People seem to love cheap disposable junk, instead of paying more for something that will last.

[petecul]

Hello, everyone, I'm Alice. We are selling brushless motors.

Where I can see the specs of your motors? Are they servos?

Yes.....for $200 I'll Buy a north america mill, i'll even go up $1000 for having it trouble free, allready tuned!

petecul

[ataxy]

i would spend a thousand more to get a machine with better fit then there chinese counter part, i wont say asian as the japanese machine are in my point of view some of the best out there.

[Al_The_Man]

There would be no point unless the quality was there, this is the complaint I have with the mainland Chinese machines, Taiwan seems to have produced better quality machines.
I know I never buy Chinese hand tools unless I have no alternative choice.
Al.

[Kipper]

would you buy a mini cnc mill if it cost a little more then say a siyl if it was made in
canada and the usa and was better quality and finish so you did not have to rework
it castings made here to not china

How do you say siyl? is it similar to Siyil? Here's a C and a U for the nations mentioned and a L8R from me...It was all "to" much for me I "guess" Oh and I don't give a crap which nation makes it if it works and is cost effective......

[heilcnc]

sorry about my spelling its syil =chinese does not =iso 9002

[ihavenofish]

$200 more? not sure where that number came from.

my estimate is a machine the size and weight of a KX3 but with longer travels (9"x18") will cost sub $3000 for the finished castings alone. a mini version (6"x12") will be sub $2000, possibly sub $1500 and a XL version (12"x24") might be closer to $4000.

so, given the x3 starts with a $999 COMPLETE machine... were alot more than $200 over as a starting point.

[Kung fu panda]

hello everyone
I am a chinese people, I saw your discussion of machine about the quality and the price ,At first I just want to see everyone's views,but when i finish reading ,I would like to express my views.
1、maybe In some industrial areas the chinese prodution is not Perfect,compared with Japan and Germany these is still a large gap between,I acknowledge this point of view
2、Currently we in the field of machine tools mainly rely on low prices to occupy some market，I also acknowledge this point of view
but i think in the absence of very, very high requirements under the premise that many people will choose to buy Chinese products, because in many areas people can not afford the high prices
I think that the Chinese products do have many places to go to improve,and we should try our best to meet all the requirements
Please a tolerant attitude towards Chinese products ,I am sure we will improve them.

thanks

[heilcnc]

I came up the $200 estimate by your prices (ihavenofish) on raw castings doing all machining in house build spindle in house to save money the syil cnc x4 cost $4.595 this poll was for cnc mini mill only not manual mill