I have been doing a little digging into the Syil machines. Seams like the ones people get as promo mills are pretty good ? However I suspect these are gone over with some extra time and care, I would suspect you have a production machine on the floor in your work space. Perhaps you should consider getting a company local to you to perform a bull bar test and check pre=load on that Y axis ball screw. There should be no issue cutting in either direction with a simple 1/2" cutter with proper speeds and feeds.
Thanks for the comment. I'm not familiar with a bull bar test, but i appreciate the suggestion. I was one of the first guys in the US to receive this newer model back in 2020 with the epoxy granite, etc. Most of the other RUclips videos I see show the Syil milling Aluminum. Even though mine squals (probably user error as much as machine) I'm pleased that it does so well milling alloy steel. All of the tools and dies I make for blacksmithing are milled out of some type of alloy, 52100, S2, H13, etc. So far, the Syil has been great. The two challenges I spent most of my time working through in the beginning were probing with the Pioneer and finding CAD/CAM post processors for the 808D. Thanks to Peter Betz, I have had success using Fusion 360 with the post processor from his website.
Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge On. Fab on. Weld On. Keep milling. Keep making. God bless.
Thanks Jared!
looking good..
Thanks
I have been doing a little digging into the Syil machines. Seams like the ones people get as promo mills are pretty good ? However I suspect these are gone over with some extra time and care, I would suspect you have a production machine on the floor in your work space. Perhaps you should consider getting a company local to you to perform a bull bar test and check pre=load on that Y axis ball screw. There should be no issue cutting in either direction with a simple 1/2" cutter with proper speeds and feeds.
Thanks for the comment. I'm not familiar with a bull bar test, but i appreciate the suggestion. I was one of the first guys in the US to receive this newer model back in 2020 with the epoxy granite, etc.
Most of the other RUclips videos I see show the Syil milling Aluminum. Even though mine squals (probably user error as much as machine) I'm pleased that it does so well milling alloy steel. All of the tools and dies I make for blacksmithing are milled out of some type of alloy, 52100, S2, H13, etc. So far, the Syil has been great.
The two challenges I spent most of my time working through in the beginning were probing with the Pioneer and finding CAD/CAM post processors for the 808D. Thanks to Peter Betz, I have had success using Fusion 360 with the post processor from his website.