Why buy a Pocket NC through CycleCNC instead of importing one yourself? Here's the honest answer.
You can absolutely import a Pocket NC from the US yourself. People do. But you'll spend 3–4 weeks dealing with: a 110 V machine that needs a transformer, US customs paperwork, dock-to-door freight in two packages, German VAT reclamation, and a manufacturer support line that's open 4pm–midnight your time.
Or you can buy the same machine through CycleCNC and skip every one of those problems. Same hardware. Same firmware. Same factory warranty. Same Penta Machine engineers behind it. We just handle the EU side.
The Pocket NC V2-10 and V2-50 are true simultaneous 5-axis machines — A and B trunnion axes interpolate at the same time as X/Y/Z. You can run impeller blades, satellite brackets and orthopaedic implants on a bench. Most desktop CNC machines on the EU market are 3-axis with a manual tilt-rotary; that won't cut complex geometry.
Every V2-50 ships with a Mafell 50,000 RPM brushless spindle — the same Mafell head trusted in industrial routers for aluminium, brass and aerospace plastics. With ER11 collets you get repeatable ±0.0005 in (12 µm) on real part geometry, not just the spec sheet.
Every CycleCNC machine ships at 230 V single-phase from the factory. We handle EU customs clearance ourselves. German-VAT invoices are issued the day your order is paid. Goods arrive at your dock in 2 packages, both pre-cleared, no broker handoff needed.
Our application engineers are in Cologne. We've run the V2-10 and V2-50 in the same use cases you're about to: first-article prototyping, CAM-engineer training, university machining labs, short-batch aerospace fixtures. We pick up the phone in German, English or French.
6-month CycleCNC warranty + the full Penta Machine factory warranty. Spare parts stocked in Cologne (Mafell spindles, ER11 nuts, control boards, Y-axis ways). Extended-warranty options for fleets of 3+ machines. Annual on-site service for DACH and BeNeLux customers.
What changes when you order from us instead of the US Penta Machine site direct:
We ship to customers in Germany — and case-by-case across the EU — including:
Tell us about your project — we typically reply within 24 hours.