Hi,
I was looking for a good looking but reasonable priced cnc sliding headstock machine over the web and i found one, 1996 Citizen M20 with Mitsubishi Meldas control unit exc. bar-feeder. I have cam type sliding headstock lathes and two Hanwha Cnc sliding headstock lathes - XD12H and XD20H-.
Now the question is;
Is it sensible to buy this kind of second hand machine? What should i check before purchasing the machine? What are the critical problems of a Citizen M20? And would it be better than the Hanwhas even the one made in 1996?? What you guys advise me do you recommend a 1996 Citizen? I have never experienced Citizens.. As far as i heard Citizen is one of the best machines with Tsugami and Star. Thanks.
I was looking for a good looking but reasonable priced cnc sliding headstock machine over the web and i found one, 1996 Citizen M20 with Mitsubishi Meldas control unit exc. bar-feeder. I have cam type sliding headstock lathes and two Hanwha Cnc sliding headstock lathes - XD12H and XD20H-.
Now the question is;
Is it sensible to buy this kind of second hand machine? What should i check before purchasing the machine? What are the critical problems of a Citizen M20? And would it be better than the Hanwhas even the one made in 1996?? What you guys advise me do you recommend a 1996 Citizen? I have never experienced Citizens.. As far as i heard Citizen is one of the best machines with Tsugami and Star. Thanks.