Haas is bringing out a desktop cnc mill, Get a Sneak Peek!

[Kitwn]

I thought a 'mill' had the advantage of extreme rigidity compared to a gantry router while a gantry router had the advantage of a much larger work envelope compared to a mill. This 'mill' appears to have the dissadvantages of both.

Kit

[magicniner]

Haas are about the money, not so much the quality.
The only thing Haas about it will be the price of any spare parts which will have had the OEM ID removed and replaced with a Haas part number along with a Haas appropriate price tag! :D

[m_c]

Magicniner, you are such a cynic

I thought a 'mill' had the advantage of extreme rigidity compared to a gantry router while a gantry router had the advantage of a much larger work envelope compared to a mill. This 'mill' appears to have the dissadvantages of both.

Just wait for the influx of youtube videos about how good this type of 'mill' is

[magicniner]

Magicniner, you are such a cynic

Ya Think? :D
At least with it being a Haas if there's a version which comes with a tool changer it will probably come off easily, though usually unexpectedly! ;-)

[Tom J]

Can this HAAS CSMD CONTROL Simulator be used to control our CNC machines?
Is available separately for 2.5k$ and seems to be used to drive this crap Chinese scratcher
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HAAS-CSMD...wAAOSweHtd6xN8

[JAZZCNC]

Can this HAAS CSMD CONTROL Simulator be used to control our CNC machines?
Is available separately for 2.5k$ and seems to be used to drive this crap Chinese scratcher
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HAAS-CSMD...wAAOSweHtd6xN8

Very much doubt it. It's just a simulator, doubt it's got a Motion controller in it, so it won't connect to anything. The Chinese rubbish they connect to will have a motion controller which will cost another 2.5K.!!

[Tom J]

Very much doubt it. It's just a simulator, doubt it's got a Motion controller in it, so it won't connect to anything. The Chinese rubbish they connect to will have a motion controller which will cost another 2.5K.!!

Thanks Dean
Just in case I asked seller - will update post with his answer.

[magicniner]

Thanks Dean
Just in case I asked seller - will update post with his answer.

The answer is that you can't control a machine from a 2.5k Haas simulator, it does not have the same internals as a Haas controller.