About Our3 Axis cnc Milling Machine
The CNC benchtop milling machine offered by Thompson Machine begins life as
a Sieg X2 manually operated mill of all cast iron construction. Thousands of
these mills have been imported and sold thru a number of national outlets
including Grizzly, Enco, Harbour Freight, Homier, Cummings, Micro Mark as
well as others. Home hobbyist and small businesses alike have embraced it
worldwide and there are a number of web groups focusing around the Sieg X2
mill. The long travel of the z axis and the generous table size and travel
have made this machine far more popular in the US than the Sherline or Taig.
The easy entry price and the fact that its 50% larger makes it an
exceptional value.
After we receive the machine it is stripped to the main components and
cleaned free of shipping grease and any grit. Machine work then begins on
the base, table and head casting to ready them for fitting of the ball
bearings and servo motor drive assemblies. All machine work is done in
dedicated purpose built jigs and machining operations are performed in a
precision machining center.
Thompson Machine patent pending reduction units are fitted on all 3 axis.
Our sealed reduction units are the most rigid units in the industry. They
are machined from a billet of 6061 aluminum alloy and anodized for years of
reliable service. The reduction units are each fitted with 2 sealed ball
bearings as well as 2 needle thrust bearing for smooth trouble free
operation. Gates xl timing belts are used to ensure backlash free reduction.
All wear parts are industry standard items and are available world wide to
ensure easy replacement of any necessary part in short order.
After assembly and fitting, every machine is cycled thru the full travel on
all three axis for a minimum of 1000 strokes in each direction.
I encourage you to compare our sealed all ball bearing drive system to any
other benchtop cnc mill on the market, really look at them all and you will
see ours is superior by far. No open belts, no stacks of washers, just a
good solid design, built for years of trouble free use.
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3 Axis CNC Mill
- Closed Loop servo system
- Fully enclosed drive system
- 2 Ball bearings and 2 thrust bearings on every axis
- Precision Ballscrew on Z axis
- Heavy Cast Iron construction
- Incl 4 Axis controller
- Heavy duty ball bearing supported servo motors
- Precise 500cpr encoders
- 3D CAM software
- Turnkey sytem
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All enclosed 4 axis controller is built around the gen2 deskcnc controller.
This micro processor/software package is coupled with a fan cooled Lambda
power supply and four servo amplifiers and sealed in a rugged cabinet with
all cables etc. ready to attach to the parallel port of your computer.
This package also includes the registered license for deskcnc. Frequently updated and fully supported CAM software allows import of many 2d and 3d tool paths. Deskcnc can create 3d tool paths thru a number of easy to navigate screens and will generate gcode files from any number of cad or graphics files. We would be more than happy to send you a trial version of the software, just drop me a line.
This is a plug and play package that will allow the machining of parts from your drawing files the day you unpack the box.Clamps and cutting tools, collets etc not included. Can be shipped UPS in 3 boxes aprox 180lbs.
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