Anyone with a TAIG-based mill in the Birmingham/Worcester area?

**John S** · 29-09-2011

Don't fit in the Brum / Worcester area watershed as I'm at Long Eaton, half way between Derby and Notts, 1/2 mile from the Erewash canal.
Got a CNC Taig, CNC X1L, CNC Denford Starmill, Connect mill based on the Rishton, Original KX1 mill, X3 CNC mill, couple of big industrail mills and might have another couple kicking about, hard to tell they breed during dark nights.

**m_c** · 29-09-2011

Originally Posted by John S

Got a CNC Taig, CNC X1L, CNC Denford Starmill, Connect mill based on the Rishton, Original KX1 mill, X3 CNC mill, couple of big industrail mills and might have another couple kicking about, hard to tell they breed during dark nights.

No wonder floor space doesn't exist in your workshop!

**robinc** · 29-09-2011

Ah.. a biscuit fan! John, I'm jealous of all your machines and the space required to house them, even if there is no floor space left! I might have to pop up to Mansfield in the next couple of weeks. Would it be okay to pop by if I do? It'd probably be late afternoon on a weekday though.

Fragger, thanks for the link. I'll check it out but if anything, I'd like a smaller machine than the TAIG. The only reason for going for something TAIG-sized is to get the rigidity to be able to cope well with harder materials occasionally.

**Jonathan** · 30-09-2011

Originally Posted by fragger6662000

i would say there is little in the rigidity of the two machines. The x1 can mill steel and hard materials as i have done it.

Almost any machine can cut steel and hard materials ... it's just (within reason) a matter of how fast you want to cut it. I've cut steel and Titatium with my CNC router, just takes a while.

Robin: looks like I'm also quite near to you... I'm near Loughborough.

Originally Posted by robinc

Ah.. a biscuit fan! John, I'm jealous of all your machines and the space required to house them, even if there is no floor space left! I might have to pop up to Mansfield in the next couple of weeks. Would it be okay to pop by if I do? It'd probably be late afternoon on a weekday though.

Make sure you bring hobnobs...apparently it's a wise move.

**robinc** · 03-10-2011

Fragger, I'm pretty much convinced that both the TAIG and the X1L would cut hard materials - as Jonathan suggests they should. I meant that the only reason I'm not going for something even smaller than the TAIG is that such a machine would struggle to cut harder materials. The Sherline would fit much better in the space I have available but a skilled Sherline owner has told me he struggled to cut stainless with it, even with low rates of material removal. Perhaps not surprising when you look at a side by side comparison:

http://www.deepgroove1.com/tagsherli...comparison.htm