Sieg X3 in USA: Grizzly now carries it.
What most folx don't know is that in last month there's been a radical,
groundbreaking, momentous development in what us hobby machinists can get here in US. Drum rolllll ... Grizzly is now carrying Sieg X3 for something like $900 http://www.grizzly.com/products/G0463 This IS the mill to get. I would, if I didn't have the X2 already. This thing is just right size & power to fit between X2 and RF45 clones. It is small enough to fit into any garage/basement, you can move it around on the bench, you don't have to pay a team of 5 $1000 to get it down stairs etc etc. What it lacks is track record and CNC plans. I am sure we will have CNC taken care of shortly. The X3 is drive-belt outta-box, a MUCH desired feature. Less noise, the belt will absorb load shocks and save the gears (if any). I am not sure if X3 has any gears at all, or it is a toothed pulley right on the spindle. Many more features - check out Grizzly for details The guy behing mini-lathe.com has had X3 for quite some time now (him and buncha buddies imported a few directly from the factory). I hope we will have a review at some point (he's done a truly excellent jobs for mini-lathe, m-mill and 4x6 bandsaw). |
Sieg X3 in USA: Grizzly now carries it.
Lathemaster.com has had this milll for some time. It looks very nice.
"rashid111" wrote in message oups.com... What most folx don't know is that in last month there's been a radical, groundbreaking, momentous development in what us hobby machinists can get here in US. Drum rolllll ... Grizzly is now carrying Sieg X3 for something like $900 http://www.grizzly.com/products/G0463 This IS the mill to get. I would, if I didn't have the X2 already. This thing is just right size & power to fit between X2 and RF45 clones. It is small enough to fit into any garage/basement, you can move it around on the bench, you don't have to pay a team of 5 $1000 to get it down stairs etc etc. What it lacks is track record and CNC plans. I am sure we will have CNC taken care of shortly. The X3 is drive-belt outta-box, a MUCH desired feature. Less noise, the belt will absorb load shocks and save the gears (if any). I am not sure if X3 has any gears at all, or it is a toothed pulley right on the spindle. Many more features - check out Grizzly for details The guy behing mini-lathe.com has had X3 for quite some time now (him and buncha buddies imported a few directly from the factory). I hope we will have a review at some point (he's done a truly excellent jobs for mini-lathe, m-mill and 4x6 bandsaw). |
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