5-Axis CNC Machining | How to Build a VF-1 Vertical Machining Center

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40 TAPER / 5 AXIS / 12k RPM / 30+1 TOOL CAPACITY

Back in the late eighties we started building our first VMC, the VF-1. We didn’t build them as efficiently as we do today, but they were good machines and laid the foundation for decades of milling machine development and improvement to come.


Today, our process is finely tuned and quite efficient for a machine that is still hand built to a great extent. Take a look at how we build the same VF that may be sitting on your shop floor not too long from now.

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