Hi everyone, I live in Brisbane Australia. I have contacted Since labs and they tell me that they supply many cncās to Australia. I would like to hear from anyone in Australia who has imported one to find out what problems they may have encountered (if any). Regards, Billy
Hey Billy,
Howād it go? What power supply setup?
Am thinking of ordering to NZ.
Cheers
Did any of yall went and impprted one yet?
I have a longmill due mid January. Canāt wait; currently building a torsion box and moving my designs from analog to FreeCAD to be ready.
Once here, Iāll check the power supplies and look to replace those with same spec but 220V AC supply. Iād rather that than have stepdown transformers.
Out of curiosity, do you know any Australian based reputable and reasonable cost spindle suppliers?
Asking as Iām not sure I want a Makita as some of my jobs are longer running and a router is just so noisy. That and Iām needing more precision than the Bunnings-special router Iāve been using. Spindles on sale here seem to be cheapest of the cheap or high performance professional spindles, nothing in that 1.5-2.2Kw range that would be a nice router replacement.
Hi Jason,
It must feel like christmas is still to come, no?
Iām not in your corner of the world, but have imported a longmill to the Netherlands a few years ago. I too had to look into stepping down or up and found stepping down the cheaper option. So much cheaper that I could get me a spare downer with money to spare against one upper.
The mill is running on the first one for two years now, with no hickups out of the supply.
Spindles seems to be a topic outside of the mericas somehow. It seems that the machines produced on our side are overpriced and underpowered. Thatās why we ended up in Canada in the first place. Stepping down a 1.5kW device or even a makita is a whole other topic so thatās a simple nogo. If Iām not mistaken, you can find 220V units at desktop cnc manufacturers, other than sienci, if youāre like me and donāt trust cheap chinese units.
Example at onefinity:
That said, I am running my makita for a good two years now, after I burned out the first one within a month becauseā¦ you knowā¦ new to cncā¦ and an waaay to high rated circuit breaker on the makita outlet. Yes itās noisy, but milling wood makes more noise so it is a mute point. Maybe if you want to engrave a lot, that it will make a large difference, otherwise it will not.
Accuratesse aint no issue either. The makita is robust and I donāt see any wear and tear in my trusty olā unit. It does its job like a champ. The deviations I see are more from a wee slob in the z-axis of the lm than anything else. Then again, Iām not that big on trying to have it dialed in at micrometer accuracy, if running an extra finnishing pass can mitigate hours of tidious tuning and re-tuning just as easy.
Anyhow, thereās a road ahead and itās a beauty, because it is your road. Inspect the roads others have made but do you in yours.
Iām curious about yours, your landscape has a lot of simularities with mine. I like to see how you take them bumps, for they are mine too.
Thanks for your note. I was thinking you were maybe Australia based. The Netherlands a country I wish to visit someday!
Iām not sure how fast Iāll move forward into machining small aluminum parts, so I think a Makita will be the way forward as they are available here (though a little harder to get the non-battery version) and will get me more than started on my journey.
Am busy getting ready now with building a 1800 x 1220mm torsion box for the Longmill. Iāll most likely attach this atop a 1800 x 600mm workbench.
ngÄ mihi (thanks)
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