Grizzly mill

[B Finnigan]

Has anyone used the new Seig mill/drill yet? I know they are fairly new and Grizzly carries a slightly different model.

http://www.grizzly.com/products/G0463

I like the dovetail column, table travel, z axis capacity and it accepts R8 collets. It is not a mini mill and the price is not too bad. I have read some very good reviews on it. If anyone has used one and has any feedback on it let me know.

 

[rashid11]

goto cnczone.com - search there. Quite a few folx have it and some
have even CNCd it

 

[Daniel Koster]

wonder how it compares to this one:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=44991

 

[B Finnigan]

The IRS is returning some of the money that they stole from me so I will be looking to upgrade. I do not want a mini- anything when it comes to mills, the Seig models are 350 lbs and can do alot more then mini's.

 

[rashid11]

- more power
- 3x the weight
- R8 spindle same as in mini
- larger table and movements
- much larger max spindle to table distance
- I'd imagine large spindle to column
- one extra T in the table
- much easier to CNC-enable (more space for ball screws)
- much later model thus quality is much higher compared to quality of mini in its first few years
- no plastic gears to break (belt drive from motor, still some gears for Hi-Lo )