I don't remember exactly where (heh) but is have seen this quote somewhere before. "If you can't fix it you don't own it." Where might I have possibly seen that? On Jan 7, 2016 2:14 PM, "John Kasunich" <jmkasun...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2016, at 02:42 PM, andy pugh wrote: > > > > > This is strongly pointing to a mechanical problem with the Variator. > > Which I have been quoted £1600 to refurbish. > > > > The variator is noisy (it shouldn't be), can't be adjusted when the > > spindle is stopped and is difficult for a PC to control. It also might > > be broken. > > > > I was wondering whether to keep it, I think my mind is made up. > > Bummer. That looked like an interesting device. And reducing speed > by mechanical methods gains you torque, while reducing with a VFD > does not. > > If you think it's broken anyway (and not economical to send out for > repair), maybe it's time to get out the tools and take it apart. Might > get lucky and find something that can be repaired in your own shop. > > -- > John Kasunich > jmkasun...@fastmail.fm > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
