XYZ1500 Belt Head Turret Mill

[Lee Reynolds 1Participant @leereynolds1]

Hi,

Has anyone any experience with an XYZ1500 Belt Head Turret Mill, either good or bad!

Many thanks

Lee

[Lee Reynolds 1Participant @leereynolds1]

[Alan Waddington 2Participant @alanwaddington2]

Posted by Lee Reynolds 1 on 10/09/2023 15:00:21:

Hi,

Has anyone any experience with an XYZ1500 Belt Head Turret Mill, either good or bad!

Many thanks

Lee

Not sure if relevant but i bought an XYZ 2000 PRO to sell on, seemed like a nice machine, was half tempted to keep it. Think most Bridgeport copies are much of a muchness. It’s more about buying on condition really, a lot of turrets have a hard life with little or no maintenance.

[Alan Waddington 2Participant @alanwaddington2]

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

I've been "CNC mill" watching on ebay for a few months now and rather a lot of them have been popping up

If they're any good then someones had a clearout and opportunity is knocking

[Alan Waddington 2Participant @alanwaddington2]

Posted by Ady1 on 10/09/2023 17:23:24:

I've been "CNC mill" watching on ebay for a few months now and rather a lot of them have been popping up

If they're any good then someones had a clearout and opportunity is knocking

 

Definitely a buyers market at the moment

 

Edited By Alan Waddington 2 on 10/09/2023 17:29:24

[Keith Rogers 2Participant @keithrogers2]

Hi Lee.

Yes I've got one. I've been using it for a number of years for hobby use and I've been very happy with it. I have got power feed on X and Y which saves a lot of handle twiddling, (wish I had one on the knee!). It has though auto feed on the quill which is great for using a boring head.

The only problems I've had with it was that the top bearing on the spindle became noisy, a fairly simple job to replace.

At the right price a very capable machine with lots of grunt and in my experience worth getting.

Keith.

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