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There is a new unused one in the wood box on the bench... loads of extras such as vices and rotary tables etc thrown in, he just never got round to buying cutters

I have a few mods planed for keeping the alignment, the rotating column may actually provide beneficial I tend to want to do awkward things with my machinery.

Just collected my first milling machine, yup it’s a round column mill/drill, was told it was a Chester, buts actually the warco version a Zx-15

I know round column are not a fave of many, but i think I got a fair deal, I’m no model engineer but It will come in handy in my wood workshop.

had to break it down to get it back to my workshop, but it’s pristine, the guy bought it new 16 years ago and then never used it, it’s never made a cut, was wrapped up in its original plastic and still covered in quite a bit of the protective gunk, just sat in an outhouse.... got loads of extras with it, just no cutters. Can’t wait to get it built back up.

yes thats one method that works for some on the groups, it didn't offer us much help, the conclusion was the issue being our router was on the same mains circuit as the machine & the computer we run it from... so we added ferrite to everything we could & we have not had any issues since.

VAT is simply due on all goods of value entering the UK, you dont pay it in the USA (you dont pay their sales taxes ether as its an export) so its due on your machine.

have worked in manufacturing import & export for 20 years, we move musical instruments across the globe & i have also imported most of my machinery including my shapoko....i deal with most countries including the USA & all of europe.... if you need help with anything or clarification of the bill/charges me know... there are 2 ways your bill could be calculated..

welcome to the club, i bought my XXL shapeoko in 2018, its a cracking bit of kit, i use mine pretty much only for wood work so far, cutting plywood & MDF templates for my work on musical drums.

one day i will try it on metal im sure but right now its pretty busy most days in my business.

if i can offer any advice at all is buy some ferrite cores and put them on every single cable, the major issue most people get is electrical interferance, pop a few of those guys round the machine & it solves it pretty quick.

thanks Nick that’s all I needed.

i have the physical dimensions from Chester.....

table travel allowance & knuckle room would be ideal....

just want to know the actual room needed for the machine itself at this stage, over hanging work will be considered once i have the first part of info.

anyone able to give me a realistic space requirement for this machine? not just its physical footprint but what space i around it, etc

thanks

Brilliant, will take a look.

i will, I'm still edging towards it, I'm just paying off a powered hacksaw & a recent wood work bandsaw purchase and then i should have the funds spare to take the plunge.

ohhh more info, how did you acquire that?

great info & thoughts on this guys, I'm very tempted to give one a go & be the Guinea pig as no one seems to have first hand experience of these.

yeah i Checked the Weiss site too

Hugh from Amadeal has replied to my gentle probing

"The motor is located directly over the spindle hence doing away with gearing or belts and pulleys. Being a brushless motor there is good torque throughout the speed range."

so it does not sound like hype.

browsing the Amadeal site earlier, they have an E2 mill for sale that they describe as direct drive, no Belt, No Gears

i searched this site & several others but cant find any further info on this type of machine, i have become so used to one or the other.

anyone know about these? the pros & con's?

thanks

hi guys, I'm gearing up (lol) for my first mill....

been doing the research crawling through the threads here,

I have been looking at all the most frequent names

Warco, Arc, Chester, Amadeal, Axminster, toolco...

will have to be a bench mill as i have to get it into my cellar shop & im pretty settled on induction motor & belt driven (similar traits i prefer in my other machines)

i had found what i thought ticked my boxes on Toolco & Warco, but emails indicate they have no new stock coming soon to toolco & warco are out of stock & i understand i just need to pre order and wait as they pre sell shipments... the WM16B was my fave

i did like the Seig SX2.7 (& the L) the tapping feature appeals (though i have a perfectly good tapping head) but its pushing cost & its more than likely i need to pay using paypal which Arc dont accept

i had just resigned myself to wait, but today browsing i landed on SPG by pure chance, i have not come across before... now being a wood monkey & out of my element thats not at all surprising so i thought i would ask here if they are well known?

ehhh up

regards from wf2

another from the yorkshire clan... welcome, welcome

another yorkshire man, cracking,

I'm just down the road in wakie, i will be no help as i dont have any experience on mill or lathe yet.... but its great to see so many locals on here.