On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 09:58 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 15 April 2008, Kirk Wallace wrote: > >I have a new toy. It's a Shizuoka ST-N mill with a Bandit controller. ...snip > >have a simple pivot. I have pictures and a video here: > > > >http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Shizuoka/ > > Neat, I'll bet shipping was outragious though, it looks like well over a ton.
The manual for the mill indicates the base mill is 3000 lbs. Then add the weight for the tool changer, Bandit controller and stepper motors. The mill was about 150 miles away, so I borrowed a friend's truck and trailer to get it. The trailer was maxed out, so I took back streets. It took me two hours to get to the mill and five nervous hours to get it home. I was surprised that there were no good points on the machine to lash it down. I ended up putting chains and binders across the knee ways. I put wood on the ways to keep them from getting scratched , but I noticed all the load of the binders was pushing on the knee leadscrew. I didn't like this much, but I had to have the machine off-site that day. > And the tool changer is sweet. > > >It sure would be a shame if the Bandit had an accident. I'd better plan > >out an EMC2 conversion, just in case. > > By all means. :) -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending Craftsman AA 109 restoration Shizuoka ST-N/Bandit CNC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
