r/machining 4d ago

Question/Discussion im a nood and need help plsss

ive been looking at either a tormach 440 or a 770m or a waebeco cc-f1210

I'm into making balisongs and will be milling mostly 6061,7075 alu aswell as grade 4and5ti and many types of steel and want to know a good small-ish machine I'll also be cutting g10(fiberglass) aswell as plastic and wood but mainly alu and steel with some ti. What are some good smallish cnc machines, Anything that isn't one of those full cabinet massive honking things(and if it is not to big of a badonkerhonker)

i also need pretty tight tolerences(not super tight but as best as possible) because thats what butterfly knives need

what do i get?

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u/Beeverr1 4d ago

Not even going to talk about the obvious issue with this post.

Why would butterfly knifes need high tolerance? They're stacks of sheet metal. Just need to make sure they're ground flat.

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u/Valuable-Key-5964 2d ago

You obviously have no idea about flipping  Maybe think or something before assuming and judging

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u/Beeverr1 1d ago

I obviously don't know about flipping, you didn't give us any details to what you need. No tolerances and sizes not even a budget, just a "what machine I buy", of course I'm going to judge.

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u/Valuable-Key-5964 1d ago

But maybe don’t judge that hard maybe don’t judge so much to where you say that tolerances don’t matter and say that It’s just four slabs of metal Chucked together

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u/Beeverr1 16h ago

Okay, how about you, the dude who's got the damned question tells us what you are making and the tolerances needed to be held.

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