Too true! Not being able to do what you need it to, is a control issue, whether or not it works as originally intended.
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Murphy" <[email protected]> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 1:56:19 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge CHNC I've found that a lot of the old CNC's are actually in good shape mechanically, but lack the features to make them worth the floor space, or have blown controls not worth the trouble. I bought a boss5 for scrap price, with a working control, because the floor space and the cost to pay someone to run it was not worth the opportunity cost of using that employee on a more modern machine. On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Pete Matos <[email protected]> wrote: > Rick, > man that is awesome... So nice to hear you are able to reinvent that > monster machine and make it workable again.. You give me hope for my meager > machines. Way to go that is a BEAST lathe LOL... Peace > > > Pete > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Rick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On 1/23/2015 11:58 AM, Todd Zuercher wrote: >> > I know nothing of that machine, but I think industrial CNCs are often >> sold at scrap prices if they are 20+ years old and have controller issues, >> regardless of mechanical condition. >> > >> > >> >> That is very true, 2 years ago we bought a Cincinnati Milacron 15C, >> which is a 15" swing over bed, 40" between centers, 7 upper tools, 7 >> lower tools, 40hp spindle, 36,500lb machine, and we paid less than 5k >> for, it is a 1980, and got the Linuxcnc treatment as soon as it hit our >> floor. >> >> But we had over 5k in rigging and transportation costs going from >> downtown Detroit to 10 mins north of Toledo, OH >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Thanks >> >> >> Rick Lair >> Superior Roll & Turning LLC >> 399 East Center Street >> Petersburg MI, 49270 >> PH: 734-279-1831 >> FAX: 734-279-1166 >> www.superiorroll.com >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Pete Matos > A and N Precision and Fabrication > Maryville, Tennessee > 865-236-8996 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
