On Thu, 2014-07-17 at 08:13 -0400, Dave Cole wrote: > I know a guy who has two Mazak lathes and they really like them. About > a year ago they both went down so he called Mazak and > both lathe lost some boards.. > > He had over $10,000 in new boards, parts, and labor before he was done. > > Dave
And that is a really good case for linuxcnc. :-) Dave > > On 7/17/2014 3:45 AM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: > > 2014-07-17 1:22 GMT-03:00 Dave Cole <linuxcncro...@gmail.com>: > > > >> I would not bother buying used caps. (Not sure you were) > >> > >> Power electrolytics have a rated life listed in hours and you would be > >> amazed at how few hours some caps are rated. > >> > >> I would only buy new caps or NOS (New old stock) caps. > >> > >> If they have been sitting on a shelf for a long time, like years, some > >> caps have a procedure you are suppose to follow to condition them for > >> use and it can get pretty involved. So new caps are best. > >> > >> > > You're right I'm not buying them old, but only showed the link because it's > > the same capacitor I have. > > > > I found some on Digikey but I'm not sure if they're exactly the same, > > although they are electrolytic capacitors and the ratings are the same so I > > guess that's it. > > > > > > > >> Anything you do with components will be cheap compared to buying new or > >> repaired parts from Fanuc. > >> > > Well, as you said that. I was looking for a solution to my problem on > > CNCzone.com for example, and some people told that from Mazak they wanted > > to charge more than 2000 dolars for repairing the Mitsubishi spindle drive. > > I guess the same happens with Fanuc. Even a guy with a problem in a Mazak, > > said that they would charge you for a list of parameters from and old > > machine. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and > search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck > Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code > search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
