I'm guessing it's for milling castings for jewelers? They would love it, can't think of who else would really need one.
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Cute little 5 axis machine
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Re: Cute little 5 axis machine
Depends on the travel, there is call for plenty of small parts.
I have heard of dentists making crowns right in the office.
I have heard of dentists making crowns right in the office.
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Re: Cute little 5 axis machine
Looks like it is based on a Sherline milling machine.?
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Re: Cute little 5 axis machine
there is a very small, very expensive CNC machine for that, with proprietary software, and materials.Cobar wrote:
I have heard of dentists making crowns right in the office.
You really don't want to know what the complete setup costs. What has happened is they've started to make smaller cheaper ones than those used in dental laboratories, and are aimed at large $$ dental practices.
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