Hi All,
We always appreciate the feedback. We’ve been hard at work behind the scenes making improvements to a bunch of things related to MR-1. Below is a just a quick summary of things that have been completed/in the works for near short term release. We apologize about about the radio silence or any perception that we’ve forgotten about MR-1 because that is definitely not the case!! We firmly believe there isn’t a better bang for your buck on the market when it comes to CNC milling for metals; we have 3 MR-1’s in our shop that are almost running constantly making prototype parts for new products and shop tooling and it has quickly become our engineering team/machinists go-to machines for making anything in the shop.
- Improvements to machined components from vendors to limit QC inspection time and rework.
- Improved Touch Probe QC testing on a purpose built inspection fixture.
- Bug fixes to some Probe routines that randomly affect repeatability.
- Development of tooling and infrastructure to allow us to mass produce Epoxy Granite assembled base machines in our factory. We have now started shipping assembled units and this really opens the door to getting MR-1 into shops that don’t have time to put it together and just want to get it running ASAP.
- Instruction Videos for adjusting Tram. Every MR-1 machine can be adjusted to near perfect tram and it makes tremendous difference for surface finishing.
- Offering a Premium Limit Switch kit for those seeking even better repeatability (plug-n-play with existing wiring harness).
- Moving over to Fusion Coolant that offers better cutting performance and doesn’t stain parts.
- Offering an optional 5th larger coolant drain that sits behind the base plate. Assembled machines currently ship with this larger drain already pre-installed and it works great!
- Expansion of our cutting tool library including a better online store presence for finding and ordering tooling.
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Implementation of the two most sought after CutControl features: Run From Line and Multiple Program Loading!!! The multiple program loading is going to be awesome because it will allow you to make (optional) tool changes in between programs that work off of the Auto Tool Set routines of the tool setter. Below is a quick screenshot of these features that will be releasing soon.
