On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 13:27 -0400, John Kasunich wrote: > Kirk Wallace wrote: > > > I was surprised that there were no good points on the machine to ... snip > > didn't like this much, but I had to have the machine off-site that day. > > > > Just a thought for the future - when moving machinery, its always handy > to have some lumps of stout wood - 4x4s or 4x6s, a couple feet long. > You never know what you might be able to use them for. In this case I'd > have been tempted to put one or more under the knee, then lower the knee > so the weight and binder tension comes onto the blocks instead of the screw.
I brought 4 x 4's, but brain dead me, got this notion that I couldn't move the knee. The seller lowered the quill down to a piece of wood on the table, and the thought that the quill could not be moved without power, canceled any thought of moving the knee. Hind thought indicates that the quill didn't need to be blocked, and the knee moves quite nicely with the employment of the knee crank (dooh). > I got the impression that the machine is used... but from the pics it > looks brand new. Did you drive it through the car-wash on the way home > or something? Whenever I buy used stuff I get a thick layer of grime > for free. > > Regards, > > John Kasunich The machine is 25 years old, and was fairly clean, but I spent a couple of days with a spray bottle of degreaser and a sponge to to get into all the private parts. I still need to drain the coolant tank, which is the foot of the pedestal. I believe the seller used water based coolant and there is rust on the bare surfaces and I suspect rusty goo in the tank. Now that I have it looking clean, I won't be able to use it. -- 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
