warco zx-15 or chester champion
colinheath
Hi All,
Has anyone purchased the warco zx-15 or chester champion mill? If so
can you comment on the quality and usability please?
I am thinking of going for one as i can't find medium sized second hand
mill.
Would like to know of any short comings or any plus features.
Many Thanks
Colin Heath
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Mark_Howard
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> Hi All,
> Has anyone purchased the warco zx-15 or chester champion mill? If so
> can you comment on the quality and usability please?
> I am thinking of going for one as i can't find medium sized second hand
> mill.
> Would like to know of any short comings or any plus features.
>
The obvious drawbacks with this machine are the round column and the limited
spindle speeds. Having said that, I bought the Chester version several years
ago and have found it to be an excellent machine (above reservation aside).
I still have it but have upgraded to a larger Warco dovetail column machine.
Although the Warco Super major (or what ever it's called) is a better and
bigger all round machine, I have to say that overall the accuracy and finish
obtainable with the Champion is probably a little better (obviously for
smaller stuff).
I know it's more expensive but had you considered the X3 from Arc Euro Trade
(and others)? It has dovetailed column and otherwise similar capacities.
Mark
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Russell Eberhardt
<colinhea...@rcgroups.com> wrote:
>
>Hi All,
>Has anyone purchased the warco zx-15 or chester champion mill? If so
>can you comment on the quality and usability please?
>I am thinking of going for one as i can't find medium sized second hand
>mill.
>Would like to know of any short comings or any plus features.
>
Hi Colin,
I have been using the Warco version for just over a year.
Soon after delivery the lead screw end float adjustments worked loose
and I had to modify the locking ring by adding a grub screw to fix it
- no problems there since.
A common complaint is that you loose register when lowering or raising
the head. With a little planning and forethought applied to each job
problems can be avoided using a dial guage or even just a wobbler.
If taking heavy cuts, and I mean making blue swarf, make sure the
head/column locking lever is really tight.
Lowest speed is a bit high. Too high for slitting saws but then speed
controllers are getting to be cheap.
Biggest plus for me was the long x-travel for such a small machine,
great for machining axlebox slots.
All told I beleive it is good value.
Russell.
Steve
restricted for a general purpose machine. I bought a Warco drill mill in
the end for MT3 tooling. I'm pleased with the machine, but if I was to
make the decision now, 18 months on I'd buy an X3 from ARC and test if an
R8 taper would be better than MT3. I find the MT3 can need quite a belt to
release and there is something not right about belting a precison machine
with a lump hammer and brass drift!
Steve
colinheath
Hi All,
Thanks for the help! I have had a look at the warco mill drill and it
seems to be a large machine for 75 quid more. I am also torn with the
dovetail column decision.
Thanks a lot
Colin
Paul
I have just bought a Warco ZX-15 from the widow of an engineer. Excellent
quality but I need an operating manual for it. Any know of where I can get
one of borrow one to copy?
Thanks, Paul Yates
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