F35Machinist
Aluminum
- Joined
- Nov 3, 2021
- Location
- California
It’s tough for someone who hasn’t ever owned a machine to know what to look for. My first machine was a Fadal and it worked out great for me. I didn’t inspect it much before buying and all I knew was that it had been running before the shop I bought it from shut down. When I got it in my space, it wouldn’t tool change and threw an error code on startup. I fixed the issues by looking at the forums. Even if a machine is in worse shape than you thought, most things can be fixed if there is good support and spare parts. The most I ever had to pay for repairs on a new used machine was 4K for all new axis amps on a lathe.