Centimeter
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- Dec 8, 2016
Alright, I know that this is not an all too infrequent flavor of question, but I swear this is a unique variant...
I have a semi-detached row home with a narrow alley to the side that I want to get a VMC through. Because either side of the alley is my house or the neighbor's house, widening it is not an option. The narrowest it gets is 43 inches. Height is not an issue.
I know that there are a variety of compact VMC machines, like the Haas Minimill/CM, Robodrill, Speedios, and the Trak 2OP/VMC2, however only the Trak would fit down this alley without disassembling it. This may be the route to go, however I was curious if anyone knows if enough "easy to remove" stuff can be removed from the likes of a Speedio/Minimill/Robodrill to make this work? I'd rather get a mill in that could handle larger work if at all possible but I am just not sure what's possible to get through this alley. I would also rather not disassemble anything that requires special skills/tooling beyond that of one having ordinary skill in the art. I probably will just go with the Trak, but if it's possible to get one of these bigger-yet-compact VMC's through a 43in wide opening, I would like to know. I don't even know if the size is what gets me, it's more the spindle and the suspect rigidity of the Trak that turns me off-- the extra space would of course be great though.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I have a semi-detached row home with a narrow alley to the side that I want to get a VMC through. Because either side of the alley is my house or the neighbor's house, widening it is not an option. The narrowest it gets is 43 inches. Height is not an issue.
I know that there are a variety of compact VMC machines, like the Haas Minimill/CM, Robodrill, Speedios, and the Trak 2OP/VMC2, however only the Trak would fit down this alley without disassembling it. This may be the route to go, however I was curious if anyone knows if enough "easy to remove" stuff can be removed from the likes of a Speedio/Minimill/Robodrill to make this work? I'd rather get a mill in that could handle larger work if at all possible but I am just not sure what's possible to get through this alley. I would also rather not disassemble anything that requires special skills/tooling beyond that of one having ordinary skill in the art. I probably will just go with the Trak, but if it's possible to get one of these bigger-yet-compact VMC's through a 43in wide opening, I would like to know. I don't even know if the size is what gets me, it's more the spindle and the suspect rigidity of the Trak that turns me off-- the extra space would of course be great though.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!