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I finally hit 10,000 hours on my old Haas Mini Mill
Honestly I looked up at the machine clock the other day and saw 10,023 hours. That thing has been running since 2008 and I bought it used in 2015. It's wild to think about all the parts that went through it and how many setups I learned on that same spindle. I still remember the first day I ran it alone and crashed a toolholder into the vise. That machine taught me more than any class or book ever did. Has anyone else got a machine they just can't seem to part with?
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caleb_thomas9318d ago
Respectfully, I see it different. 10k hours on a 2008 Mini Mill is just getting broken in for a real production machine. Those things are built way better than what they sell now for 5 times the price. Keep running it until the spindle screams at you, then put a new one in. Why trade for something with a touchscreen that'll crap out in 3 years?
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kai_butler8318d ago
Nah, you're right. My 2005 ran 12k hours before I finally swapped the spindle, still going strong.
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