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Posted by Andrew Mawson on August 15, 2006, 9:09 am
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> On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:10:58 +0100, Charles Ping
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> >On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:05:02 GMT, John Stevenson
> >
> >>On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:13:39 +0100, Charles Ping
> >>
> >>>I'm musing on a cnc project and quite like the look of an old
Boxford
> >>>CNC as a starting point.
> >>>Are they so geared towards education that they're not much use
for
> >>>anything else or are they a fair starting point? If so what sort
of
> >>>price range does a softwareless one fetch?
> >>>
> >>>Thanks
> >>>
> >>>Charles
> >>>
> >>>Visit http://www.homeworkshop.org.uk/
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>Lathe or mill ?
> >
> >Ideally a lathe
> >
> >Charles
> >
>
> They are geared towards education but with a brain transplant
whatever
> they were designed to do is now immaterial.
>
> I have seen them from £350 up to over a grand.
> Bear in mind a decent cutoff point ought the be around the £500 mark
> as beyond that factoring in new motors, tired and old spec, drives,
> same, plus the transplant all you are buying is some Iron and a
couple
> of ballscrew's.
> You can buy an ML7 for £350 / £400 and use that as a starter point.
> --
> Regards,
>
> John Stevenson
> Nottingham, England.
>
> Visit the new Model Engineering adverts page at:-
> http://www.homeworkshop.org.uk/
The Boxford's I have seen have all really been rather too light weight
to do much with. That's why I wasn't too sad to let my Denford ORAC go
before the aborted move - just too small to do much with in the real
world - though perhaps ok for a model engineer.
Colchester CNC lathes seem to go cheap as chips at machinery auctions
and could be a better starting point.
AWEM
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>CNC as a starting point.
>Are they so geared towards education that they're not much use for
>anything else or are they a fair starting point? If so what sort of
>price range does a softwareless one fetch?
>
>Thanks
>
>Charles
>
>Visit http://www.homeworkshop.org.uk/
>