On Friday 23 January 2015 09:22:22 John Kasunich did opine And Gene did reply: > On Thu, Jan 22, 2015, at 11:59 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Thursday 22 January 2015 16:56:03 Kirk Wallace did opine > > > > And Gene did reply: > > > In case someone on the East coast (USA) might be interested: > > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/121549533052 > > > > I am not familiar enough with that. Whats the bed length, spindle > > bore etc on one of those? And I'd guess its too heavy for my GMC > > half tonner too. Good price, but I think I'd be dreaming to buy > > something like that. I'd have to build a building for it. It would > > still need ball screws etc I assume. > > You are right that it is fairly big and heavy. From another site: > > Swing over bed: 14" > Swing over carriage: 8" > Between centers: 12" > Collet size: 16C > Spindle bore: 1-5/8" > HP: 7 > Dims: 100" x 66" x 84" > Weight: 5500 lbs > > It would NOT need ballscrews. It was built from the ground up to be > a CNC machine, and already has ballscrews, motors, encoders (or > maybe resolvers), etc. > > The only way it would need ballscrews was if it was used hard and > is clapped out. And in that case, run away, don't plan on repairing > it. Screws for that class of machine are NOT cheap. And if the > screws are worn out then the ways and spindle bearings are also > probably worn. > > John >
Thanks John. I need more bed, a couple feet more, but it strikes me that any Hardinge they are willing to sell at that price, has to be clapped out. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Year. New Location. New Benefits. New Data Center in Ashburn, VA. GigeNET is offering a free month of service with a new server in Ashburn. Choose from 2 high performing configs, both with 100TB of bandwidth. Higher redundancy.Lower latency.Increased capacity.Completely compliant. http://p.sf.net/sfu/gigenet _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
