Knowledge
Read before you buy
Straight answers to the questions shops ask about 5-axis machining and machine building, written by the people who design the Unicorn 5-200 Modular. Useful whether or not you buy from us.
5-axis
The fear factor of 5-axis machines
Cost, crashes, programming, and the learning curve: the four reasons shops delay 5-axis, taken seriously and answered specifically.
Read the article5-axisWill your shop benefit from 5-axis?
A decision guide, not a sales page: which parts pay for a fifth axis, which do not, and how to run the setup-count math on your own work.
Read the articleMachine buildingWhy mineral casting?
What the machine base is made of, with the damping and thermal numbers that explain the choice, including where cast iron still wins.
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