Help with Choosing a Milling Machine

hello all, im trying to decide on a small mill, and have not yet been able to find out who sells Weiss machines over here,ive contacted Weiss, but all I got was some Made-in-China site, and no info on a UK supplier, if anyone knows the answer would be appreciated !

You will find the Weiss machines painted in various colours depending on who sells them in the UK, Warco, Chester, Toolco, SPG, etc all sell versions though spec and standard accesories can vary between brands

J

Many thanks Jason, I did e-mail Warco, but have not had a reply as yet, will try them by old fashioned phone and see if I can rouse them lol, I have seen a mini mill/hobby drill pictured amongst their larger machines, but think this may be discontinued as I don't see it listed in their current info

Hi Guys, new to the forum and looking to buy a small mill to compliment my Le Blond Regal 10 lathe. I had settled on either the Warco WM 14 or the Sieg SX2 Plus. Space is an issue and I would prefer morse taper, Imperial scales and single phase. Any thoughts?

Hi Matt,

SX2P only available in Metric MT3 or R8.

For ARC, demand for imperial has been reducing over the years, so ARC stopped selling imperial machines.

Ketan @ ARC

Personal view? Fit digital scales and forget about worrying about the exact leadscrew pitches. The basic capacitative scales are very cost-effective.

Neil

Hi Matt / Chris

I've had a Warco WM14 for some time now and as Neil says digital scales are easy fitted and relatively inexpensive and you would be able to flit between imperial and Metric at the mere touch of a button.

really it's how big and aggressive do you want to mill, I'm quite aggressive with mine sometimes and it seems to foregive It also has good flexibility of use.

so cost is the only constraint, oh and accessories / support.

Thank you for that. I agree DRO is the way ahead. Good to see that the WM14 can take a bit of stick!

Hi Matt / Chris

FYI... I have the WM16 with MT2 spindle (past 2 yrs); it does all I ask it to so far without any complaining, so far I have fitted DRO's to the X & Y axes & a 12v power drive to the x axis... pics in my album showing them being fitted, also in the thread ... http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=83460

George

Edited By mechman48 on 14/10/2014 20:49:32