That is likely a good candidate for a conversion. I'd grab it now! Make an appt.. take some cash.
That should fit onto a tandem axle car trailer as it is probably about 5000 lbs. Scrap iron is going for a little over $200/ton in Indiana so $500 is about scrap price. On those deals, if you snooze you lose. I recently missed two CNC mills by a couple of hours. Make sure you can fit it someplace height wise. A wrecker with a hydraulic boom can oftentimes unload a mill like that. Have a couple of straps handy. Harbor Freight sells 6000 lb rated straps. Some pipe rollers and wrecking/pinch bars can get it into your garage. Just a warning ... heavy iron is addictive.. :-) Dave Cole On 6/24/2013 11:18 PM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Besides my 3D printing endeavors, I am involved with trying to get a > hackerspace going here in Topeka. Recently a CNC mill that might make > a good LinuxCNC retrofit candidate popped up on the local craigslist: > > http://kansascity.craigslist.org/tls/3892182813.html > > Can anyone advise if this looks like it would be a good candidate for > conversion to LinuxCNC, and what I should watch out for if I actually > go to inspect and/or buy it? > > Thanks! > > - -- > Charles Steinkuehler > char...@steinkuehler.net > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlHJC+4ACgkQLywbqEHdNFxArACdFyP5QBDVG4LhRLLOg2uQ4AGa > hP4AniPArIxoWSKaRdb4hGyif/pFHcO5 > =r2eg > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
