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Fadal in 2023
- Thread starter a_pipon
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Houndogforever
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Oct 20, 2015
- Location
- Boring
New Fadal has nothing to do with old Fadal other than the name. Last I heard it was essentially the old machine but made in Taiwan or Korea. 30 year old design.
winger
Stainless
- Joined
- Dec 28, 2005
- Location
- portage county, wisconsin
A couple years ago, I read where one of the original owners was planning on making new ones. I think they were a smaller scale model. Did the production get shipped over seas?
I thought Fives owned the brand though.
Dave
I thought Fives owned the brand though.
Dave
Fadriver
Aluminum
- Joined
- Apr 24, 2011
- Location
- los angels ca.
Maybe, i spoke with a fadal tech, former fadal factory employee, and told me being put together
in Brea, Ca. with components from Taiwan, years back a salesman came to my shop to offer
me one of those new style, but I question their salesmanship with a sorry website which they paid
a kid maybe $300, not the way to sell equipment, I think will never going to beat Hass machines
winger
Stainless
- Joined
- Dec 28, 2005
- Location
- portage county, wisconsin
I was at the Milwaukee tool show last week and there was one on display. All nice and shiny but not running.
Made in Taiwan they said. Box ways available on the larger machines.
Dave
Made in Taiwan they said. Box ways available on the larger machines.
Dave
atex57
Stainless
- Joined
- Sep 6, 2006
- Location
- SW Wisconsin
Fadal or Fanuc or ? for control?
Fadal 64MP. I see no other options for controls on the new machines.
Speedie
Stainless
- Joined
- Feb 24, 2009
- Location
- Midwestern MN/Wi USA
What isnt taiwanese these day. I mean Haas gets their castings, chip conveyors and parts from Taiwan. In a lot of ways the fadals have a little more hp than the haas at the same price. They just dont have the market share or support structure....which is Haas's benchmark.
Fadriver
Aluminum
- Joined
- Apr 24, 2011
- Location
- los angels ca.
New owners i think a read were in machine shop work , but not really machine tool building so
i think is uphill battle, probably the have all sorts of problems. Maybe they lack the cash to compete
hire competent people i feel under funded operation.
EndlessWaltz
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Jun 18, 2016
- Location
- Midwest
New Fadal controls are a mitsubishi backend I believe to emulate old control based on other reports. I have seen pictures with the sheetmetal off and the high/lo gear area is the same but the castings of the base etc ARE different. Whose casting they really are is probably another story. But box ways for a decent price to a shop use to the control and some of the parts are the same...why buy a Haas then?
static99899
Plastic
- Joined
- Jan 14, 2013
- Location
- Decatur, TX USA
Agreed. I own a couple of these 1990's 4020's and I'd love to see some honest reviews of the newest 4022's but alas, no one has posted one.
I've always heard that "no news, is usually good news" but on these, I'd rather see some proof of function lol
you aren't hearing much cause there aren't a lot out in the wild i think in the chicagoland area which is a massive market i think it was like 20 or so machines getting installed a year. i bet most of those are going to shops full of old fadals. but the fact is there aren't many being sold.
I love my old Fadal but I wouldn't look at buying a new one. For new machine money I would look at pretty much everything else.
