Rate your CNC for us. Some of us may be looking at buying new or replacing and it's best to get info from real owners rather than sales people. I'll set some criteria but feel free to add your own:

Brand / Model:
Year:
Table Size:
Vacuums:
Price (if you're willing to share):
Controller:

How reliable is your machine?

Are you happy with support?

How quirky is your machine?

What do you like best about your specific machine?

What do you like least?

Are you happy with your decision to buy that specific machine?

Whatever else you want to add...

Since I'm the one asking, I'll go first.

Brand / Model: Busellato Easy Jet
Year: 2014
Table Size: 5x12
Vacuums: 2 10HP Beckers
Price (if you're willing to share): $95,000
Controller: PC

How reliable is your machine?

So far so good. I've had very little down time.

Are you happy with support?

Support is good but I feel like you have to know the right people to get a quick response.

How quirky is your machine?

This is my biggest complaint. My machine has a mind of it's own sometimes. Sometimes we some crazy error code and just restarting the machine does the trick. Other times, you have to mess with it for 2 hours and then suddenly the problem is gone. It get quirkier the hotter it gets in the shop. I won't even run it if the outside temp is above 100.

What do you like best about your specific machine?

It's a large machine with lots of capability for (what I think) was a pretty budget price. I also love the auto off loading. Saves us a bunch of time. We can be labeling and sorting parts while the machine is working on the next sheet.

What do you like least?

Not knowing if my CNC will wake up on the wrong side of the bed and give me problems all day- not likely but it does happen from time to time.

Are you happy with your decision to buy that specific machine?

All in all, I think it was a good decision. It got me into the CNC door and that has been the single biggest driver of growth for us.

Whatever else you want to add...

Feel free to ask questions.

Brand / Model: ShopSabre 408PRO 10HPHSD
Year: 2016
Table Size: 60x100
Vacuum: F4
Price (if you're willing to share): $50Kish
Controller: PC/WinCNC

How reliable is your machine?

Zero issues with machine to date other than operator error

Are you happy with support?

To date we have always been able to get someone on the phone either immediately or with a short wait on hold. We have always tended more towards email as we havent had any urgent support issues and usually have an answer back within minutes to an hour or so.

How quirky is your machine?

The only quirks we have experience have been after a power outage or when the power will flicker prior to and we will rush to shutdown. After these instances it can be a crapshoot as to where the machine thinks it is or what tool it has after re-homing. This has only happened perhaps twice.

What do you like best about your specific machine?

Cost, rigidity, build quality, and domestic made.

What do you like least?

My only two complaints about the entire machine is I hate the PVC ball valves for zone control. We frequently toggle zones on and off for loading/unloading and wish the valves were conventional brass ball valves that were much easier to operate as opposed to having to two hand the PVC valves. The second thing is that greasing the rotating ball nuts on the Y axis is a bit of a PITA and the zircs could be better located or remoted to a bracket that was easily accessible from the side of the machine.

Are you happy with your decision to buy that specific machine?

Yes. No complaints. Bigger and more bells and whistles would alway be nice but at this price point I dont think we would have many any different decisions.

Machine:
Spectrum by Anderson America
Year: 2015
Table: 5 x 10
Vacuum: 2 Becker 10 hp linked together
Price: 75k. Delivered installed with alpha cam software
Controller: Fanuc
Reliability: Exceptional. Does what it is supposed to do every time. Only operator stupidity causes problems.
Tech Support. Exceptional. Can be difficult getting thru at times
Quirks: Hard to explain. X&Y are backwards to the way you would think. Zero origin is at the wrong corner of the table. Have to always remember to reset offset coordinate depending on the material size.
Like best: Big bang for the $$. Heavy machine. Nice features. Great vacuum. Very easy to run.
Like least. Spindle power. Underpowered when cutting dense MDF, have to really adjust chipload when compared to particle board. The spindle is oiled cooled/lubricated. I worry about the longevity.
Happy with decision to buy this particular model.

Comments: three warranty issues. All handled with very fast turnaround. One issue required on-site tech support....after doing all trouble shooting they asked for, and I said no more, I had a technician at my site in four hours. Luck of the draw, but it still happened......

Northwood 265 IH
2003
Two 5’ x 6’ Tables Full 5’ x 12’ coverage by all tools
Travaini Oil Vane 40HP
G.E. Fanuc 160i Control Integrated PC
4 interpolating axis X,Y,Z,C
18HP spindle 13vert +3 horiz. Drills 7.5HP 0-90° saw
Use 3 aggregates Benz Flex Unit, Atemag dual 90, and Benz Moulder Head. We use them extensively.

Reliability: Extremely small downtime over 15+ years. Mainly wear items or things we broke like tool carousel plastic grippers. Replaced x axis screw after 14 years of service

Support: Excellent, also service when needed has been very good.

Quirky? None on the machine end.

Likes: Too many to list for nesting cabinets and especially architectural millwork items. This machine transformed our company.

Dislikes: I wish our space would have allowed for a bigger machine, but that doesn't have anything to do with the equipment.

Decision : I made the correct decision then and would not hesitate to buy another Northwood with similar specs for our operation.

Brand / Model: Biesse Skill NBC
Year: 2013
Table Size: 5x12
Vacuums: Two Busch Pumps
Price (if you're willing to share): Boss says 150
Controller: Windows

How reliable is your machine? A few sensors replaced and tool forks.

Are you happy with support? Very its free and all of the phone support has helped me through many stupid questions

How quirky is your machine? We had some quirky issues from CabinetVision post in the beginning.

What do you like best about your specific machine? It is fast and accurate and not having to load and unload each sheet is nice. i really like being able to fix the offices mistakes on the fly in the programs

What do you like least? we have it lifted to accept full bunks of material. it is too tall for my liking

Are you happy with your decision to buy that specific machine? we are

Whatever else you want to add... knowing what we know now i wish they would have got more drilling spindles and automatic labeling. i think if we had that we could do more than 100 sheets a day without breaking a sweat