Re: [Emc-users] machine opinion please

2021-02-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 08 February 2021 17:36:35 Jon Elson wrote: > On 02/08/2021 12:11 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > If you've room for it Jon I expect it would be a pretty good deal at > > that price. But check the ceiling height it needs too, that looks to > > be in excess of the usual 96" tall. I'd probably

Re: [Emc-users] machine opinion please

2021-02-08 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 at 22:38, Jon Elson wrote: > Oh YEAH! That's why I can't have a Bridgeport BOSS machine, > the top of the head would be WAY up inside the kitchen > cabinets! So? It might even make shifting the belt easier. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment

Re: [Emc-users] machine opinion please

2021-02-08 Thread Jon Elson
On 02/08/2021 12:11 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: If you've room for it Jon I expect it would be a pretty good deal at that price. But check the ceiling height it needs too, that looks to be in excess of the usual 96" tall. I'd probably be 5 or 6"" or so thru the ceiling in my garage. With 3

Re: [Emc-users] machine opinion please

2021-02-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 08 February 2021 10:44:56 Jon Elson wrote: > On 02/08/2021 08:20 AM, Todd Zuercher wrote: > > Gene, > > > > If you aren't too far away to drive to Cleveland, these guys might > > be a good place to ckeck out. HGR has all manor of junk to look at. > > Here is just one of many options. >

Re: [Emc-users] machine opinion please

2021-02-08 Thread John Dammeyer
> From: Jon Elson [mailto:el...@pico-systems.com] > On 02/08/2021 08:20 AM, Todd Zuercher wrote: > > Gene, > > > > If you aren't too far away to drive to Cleveland, these guys might be a > > good place to ckeck out. HGR has all manor of junk to look at. > Here is just one of many options. > >

Re: [Emc-users] machine opinion please

2021-02-08 Thread Todd Zuercher
Brows their site, you may find something that suits you better. Todd Zuercher P. Graham Dunn Inc. 630 Henry Street  Dalton, Ohio 44618 Phone:  (330)828-2105ext. 2031 -Original Message- From: Jon Elson Sent: Monday, February 08, 2021 10:45 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)

Re: [Emc-users] camera works!

2021-02-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 08 February 2021 05:04:58 Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: > To identify a USB 3.0 port where it's not blue, look for the trident > logo with SS (for Super Speed) instead of the regular straight 'shank' > on it. No such critters to be seen. > On Monday, February 8, 2021, 1:55:37

Re: [Emc-users] machine opinion please

2021-02-08 Thread Jon Elson
On 02/08/2021 08:20 AM, Todd Zuercher wrote: Gene, If you aren't too far away to drive to Cleveland, these guys might be a good place to ckeck out. HGR has all manor of junk to look at. Here is just one of many options.

Re: [Emc-users] machine opinion please

2021-02-08 Thread Todd Zuercher
Gene, If you aren't too far away to drive to Cleveland, these guys might be a good place to ckeck out. HGR has all manor of junk to look at. Here is just one of many options. https://hgrinc.com/productDetail/CNC/Used-Supermax-Supermax-Ycm-40-CNC-Vertical-Ill/10200670001/ Todd Zuercher P.

Re: [Emc-users] machine opinion please

2021-02-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 08 February 2021 04:40:49 andy pugh wrote: > On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 at 09:09, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > I doubt it. In fact the whole mill might be surprisingly tiny. > > A bit more research indicates that the "VH-2" in the auction > description is actually the designation of the vertical

Re: [Emc-users] machine opinion please

2021-02-08 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 at 10:15, Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: > > A closer look at the pics and I see it's a TM mill with the VH-2 vertical > head. Ah, yes, it doesn't seem to have the swinging table (though the difference is rather subtle and hard to spot in photos, so it might just have

Re: [Emc-users] machine opinion please

2021-02-08 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
A closer look at the pics and I see it's a TM mill with the VH-2 vertical head. Here's a spec sheet https://ozarktoolmanuals.com/wp-content/uploads/pdfcatalogs/Hardinge_Horizontal_Mill_Bulletin.pdf On Monday, February 8, 2021, 2:09:54 AM MST, Gene Heskett wrote: On Monday 08

Re: [Emc-users] camera works!

2021-02-08 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
To identify a USB 3.0 port where it's not blue, look for the trident logo with SS (for Super Speed) instead of the regular straight 'shank' on it. On Monday, February 8, 2021, 1:55:37 AM MST, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings all; When I took the newer Dell computer out to the garage and

Re: [Emc-users] machine opinion please

2021-02-08 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 at 09:09, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I doubt it. In fact the whole mill might be surprisingly tiny. A bit more research indicates that the "VH-2" in the auction description is actually the designation of the vertical head (Vertical Head 2?) The mill itself is probably a Hardinge

Re: [Emc-users] To: Jon Elson

2021-02-08 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
If only such would work for my neck. Sometimes I'll lie on my back and hang my head off the side of my bed then move it all around and get a POP, or while standing or sitting extending my head forward with chin up. Sometimes it's loud enough other people nearby can hear it pop.  Going to be

Re: [Emc-users] machine opinion please

2021-02-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 08 February 2021 03:42:11 Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: > Weird, that VH-2 looks exactly like a UM, but there are 5C and R8 > collets in the tray. The horizontal spindle is 5C and the vertical > head on a UM (swivel table) or TM (non-swivel table) uses 4C. I *think* this table

[Emc-users] camera works!

2021-02-08 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; When I took the newer Dell computer out to the garage and hooked it up late this after noon to drive the GO704, I plugged in the old camera, and logged into it from the house just now. I ran linuxcnc -l, and chased down and installed stuff that running linucnc said it couldn't

Re: [Emc-users] machine opinion please

2021-02-08 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
Weird, that VH-2 looks exactly like a UM, but there are 5C and R8 collets in the tray. The horizontal spindle is 5C and the vertical head on a UM (swivel table) or TM (non-swivel table) uses 4C. On Sunday, February 7, 2021, 7:22:09 AM MST, andy pugh wrote: On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 at

Re: [Emc-users] machine opinion please

2021-02-08 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
Suggest it to Tormach to add to their flat nosed 3/4" R8 TTS collet. Dunno how hard the top flange surface is on their TTS holders and epoxy on converter rings. One neat thing about the TTS holders is they work in the vertical head for a Hardinge UM/TM horizontal mill with a stock 3/4" 4C