Getting a baby brother to go with big brother
Just ordered a Novakon Puslar CNC mill to go with my TorusPRO mill. The Pulsar was ordered with a built in computer, and X & Y axes stepper motors. It will also have the fourth axis stepper drive installed.
The Pulsar mill also includes the new power coated stand, upgraded coolant filtration system, Lever Draw Bar, and the Servo spindle motor which provides the capability to do rigid tapping.
Novakon is scheduled to ship my new CNC mill the week of December 9.
I also will be getting a power draw bar for the TorusPRO the week of December 2.
The Puslar is my third Novakon CNC mill -- obviously, I have been very satisfied with my previous two Novakon mills, or I would not have ordered the Pulsar.
Baby Brother arrives tomorrow
Had to delay the delivery of baby brother due to winter weather and other commitments.
Baby brother is schedule to be delivered on Tuesday, February 18 between 2 and 5 pm.
My son and his family are here to help in the delivery.
Let the fun begin!
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My First Impressions of Baby Brother (Novakon Pulsar)
I ordered the stepper drive Pulsar with the optional built in computer and fourth axis. Everything else was standard. The overall quality of the Pulsar is very impressive.
1) The Pulsar offers more features than any other milling machine in its price range. The Pulsar was a breeze to uncrate and setup. The mill is shipped already installed on its stand. Total setup consisted of installing the four adjustable pads to support the stand, assembling the four part coolant containment tray and adding a 220 volt male electrical plug to the end of the electrical cord. (The electrical cord could also be hard wired into an electrical junction box.)
2) The power coating finish on the electrical panel and stand is beautiful.
3) The two wash down pumps are a real winner. I can’t say enough about using a dedicated pump and hose to wash the chips from the tray into to the large opening below the CNC mill base. It is so easy to pull out the chip collection drawer from the cabinet and dump the chips into a container. Further, a fine mesh screen prevents chips from getting into the coolant tank. The metal flex hose for the coolant spay is a big improvement over the plastic flex hose used on the Torus PRO.
4) I like the accuracy of the spindle (one RPM increments) provided by the servo spindle motor.
5) The Pulsar’s servo spindle motor stops immediately versus one or two seconds it takes my Torus PRO braking resistor to stop its spindle.
6) I do find the Pulsar stepper axis motors a little nosier than my Torus PRO servo axis motors.
7) The sliding metal cover on the Y- Axis ways is a big improvement over vinyl. The Z-Axis is protected with a vinyl according type cover.
8) I like having four slots in the mill table versus three slots provided on other brand mills.
9) Much of the wiring in the electrical control panel are connected by plugging into the various electrical boards and electrical components. This is similar to the way wires are connected to a computer’s mother board and computer components. All wires in the electrical cabinet are clearly labeled. All components can easily be removed and replaced.
10) The electrical panel door is easily removed by releasing one spring loaded pin. There are no screws or hinges to remove.
11) The Lever Draw Bar (LDB) makes quick change tooling removal quick and easy. The optional Power Draw Bar (PDB) would be needed if you were doing a lot of R8 tooling changes. In other words, I like the LDB for the Pulsar and the PDB for the Torus PRO due to the fact that I am not planning on R8 tool changes on the Pulsar.
12) The Pulsar has predrilled and tapped holes to accommodate the addition of the proposed Automatic Tool Changer to be made available in the future.
