On 02/01/2017 11:07 AM, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:37:31 -0800 > Kirk Wallace <kwall...@wallacecompany.com> wrote: > >> A lathe showed up on my doorstep (almost). A friend called up and said >> "I've got a lathe in my trailer and I want to know if I can bring it by >> today. > > Where do you get friends like that?
I just got lucky (unlucky?). I looked for my first CNC machine for quite a few years and ended up paying too much when I finally found one close by (Hardinge HNC). (I found the Shizuoka mill on eBay for a really good price, but moving it myself was something I won't forget.) This same friend gave me me two mills and a lathe before: http://www.wallacecompany.com/old_lathe/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Std_Engr_Works/ and an old Cincinnati knee mill without a head. I think he wanted to keep the Tida lathe to use but gave up trying to get it to work. (I found a motor starter switch that had burned away contacts and other wiring issues. I could have fixed these if he had asked but it's too late now.) The plan is to restore the oldest lathe and horizontal mill, and build a new head for the Cincinnati and maybe converting to CNC. Then sell the machines that I end up not using. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
