Need help for buying new router

[Teleago]

Our company is currently in the market for a new cnc router, and we are doing research to find out which brand is right for us. We are currently looking into Thermwood, Komo, and Haas. If anyone has input about their experiences with these machines as well as their controllers, we would appreciate it.

 

We have been working with a Thermwood 42, but are no longer going to be able to use this machine. We are wondering if we should get one of these, or look elsewhere. Our experince with the Thermwood was pretty good, but we did not care for the 91000 controller too much.

 

Any advice would be helpful...

 

Thanks!

[Lumpnut]

I like the Haas control myself. Easy to learn and use. I don't have any experience with their router but I've had very little quality or maintenance issues with their mills. For the price you can't beat'em

 

Chris

[Trevor Bailey]

komo, #1, heian(sp), #2, onsrud #3.

[dgriffiths]

It just depends on the kind of rigidity and accuracy you are looking for and what kind of materials you will be cutting. We have 12 Thermwood routers on the floor and a Haas VF-5 mill for cutting our tooling. The thermwoods do fine for our applications of trimmimg plastics and cutting ren board.

[Jimmy Wakeford from Barefoot CNC]

What type of application? Nested base or solid wood?

 

Also consider the post. Is there a post available for machine X?

[STKSHFTR]

Our first (and only) foray into CNC as been with an Andersen Stratus SUP. Its primarily for panel work, but has a C axis and 18i Fanuc control for a limited amount of 3d work. Accessory aggregates are all Benz. 15 hp 24k rpm spindle. The frame is fabricated steel and cast iron and goes about 12000 lbs so its not a light weight. Vacuum is provided by 2 9hp pumps. Support from both Andersen and Mastercam have been good and the whole package was considerably less expensive then Komo and Onsrud. Having said that, I recently looked at the others at the IWF woodworking show (my brother is considering one for his shop), and believe any would provide good service. HTH

 

Marv

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