Chris Veitch
Western Thunderer
I'd dearly like a pantograph mill but I suspect most of them would cause serious structural problems to the floor joists in an upstairs bedroom (i.e. where my workshop is located), as well as a divorce. So, having only a need to cut out fairly tiny stuff anyway, I picked up on a few references to Proxxon engraving devices which seem to be capable of the same sort of task - I'm pretty sure I've even seen a recent magazine article or forum post on precisely that use, but obviously I've forgotten where it is now. I don't have a Proxxon MF70 mill but I'm seriously considering one, and the fact that there's an Axminster shop just a few miles away just makes it more tempting...
So I had a look at the engraving devices and it appears that there's a GE70 for the mill and a GE20 for their hand drill range. The issue is that (typically) the GE70 now appears to be out of production. There's an article on WT referring one buying one but nothing further about its use. So the inevitable questions are:
Chris
So I had a look at the engraving devices and it appears that there's a GE70 for the mill and a GE20 for their hand drill range. The issue is that (typically) the GE70 now appears to be out of production. There's an article on WT referring one buying one but nothing further about its use. So the inevitable questions are:
- Is the GE20 man enough for actually cutting rather than engraving? I'm thinking of 5-10thou brass or NS for wagon strapping and the like in 4mm scale.
- The parts of the two devices seem to be relatively similar - does it look as though it's possible to convert a GE20 into a GE70?
- I've seen a review that says that the GE70 has so much play in it as to be effectively useless - does anyone have experience of this, and is this a clue as to why it was withdrawn?
- If (as I suspect) it's a non-starter, are there similar but more accurate products of around the same size available?
Chris