VMC - Buy or Build? With Ramblings ;-)

[m_c]

Pretty much yes, there is an element of "Time is Money" so I'm not really after a kit I can start to build in 18 months time or so, hence looking for a product and considering a conversion on a new Bed Mill or an adaptation of a second hand VMC.

That was more just me rambling :)

How about something like this? - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cincinnat...R/162890979240
I'd want to know what exactly why it was non-running, but set of servos, new controller, and the basics are done. The hardest part is always the tool changer. Off course it depends just how much space you've got...

Attached are some plans that Dave Walsh (of BT15 spindle cartridge fame/saga) posted at some point.

And here's some notes I made about the UMC10 (IIRC I noted them down from his videos)-

6" x 6" x 1/2" wall thickness column
10" x 4" x 1/2" wall thickness base

6500rpm spindle = ~11000rpm motor speed
3hp spindle

table 1 1/2" x 8" crmo steel

[magicniner]

Yeah, keeping an eye on all the usual second hand outlets, I think that Cincinnati might be just a little big but I might just squeeze that in.

BT30 is my ideal/minimum tooling, 6500rpm max spindle speed is NBG, that might do as a minimum though, he must have been a Model Engineer! ;-)