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Thanks for the info. It will most likely be several years before I will be upgrading, and things will probably change by then but still good feedback.It has been somewhat of a love hate relationship so far. I have had a few issues with it, but the more I looked into it, the more I saw people repeatedly telling folks to reach out to PM with any issues, and boy they weren't kidding. The PM tech support gnomes really know their stuff.
I plan on creating my own thread about it, now that I have most of the things resolved. I was convinced that I was going to need to replace parts, but the tech (I think his name is Charlie) suggested some things for me to try, which I did, and that has been working out very well.
My mill had a few screws loose when I got it, and I really should have gone over every inch of it before I put up up high on its new table. My Z axis on the column had a ton of slop in it. I believed it to be a bad z axis leadscrew nut but shared some closeup videos with PM and they pointed out what was probably the real issue all along. Now that I have it all snugged up my z axis seems to be great.
The included quill DRO is terrible. shamefully so. it turns itself off after a few minutes, even when it is in use, which is frustrating when you were counting on it to keep track of your z, and it doesn't kick itself back on automatically either. - Mine is actually glitching out, and PM said it was defective and are sending me a replacement. But you should just plan for replacing it with something better.
I have a few other issues, but I'll save them for my own thread.
PM is about a 4 hour drive, so plan on making a pre-arranged visit to discuss my needs and customization (I would want optical scales and hoping I can provide them for PM to install – would use TouchDRO).
Thanks again,
Charlie