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The Sequel - Oh Blimey I bought a CNC Lathe (Beaver TC 20)
awemawson:
I knew it was too much of a co-incidence. The chap flogging the Renishaw Probe used to operate this machine at Portsmouth University :clap: :clap:
Not only that - he still has manuals and training materials - negotiations ongoing . . . .
Pete.:
Man that's what I call fall over in Doris' sty and coming up smelling of roses :D
hermetic:
Have we done the Balding Beaver joke yet Andrew?
awemawson:
Just come off the phone from a long chat with the Renishaw Probe seller - he still works at the Uni . . . .
. . . . the manuals are mine and being posted tomorrow. He was last machining PTFE on it, and that was 2010 - the swarf from it is still in the machine :clap:
awemawson:
Still not managed to get the machine transported - seller hasn't mended his forklift yet, and no one can tell me what the machine weighs :bang:
BUT - the probe has arrived along with the bundle of software manuals, as has a second hand 'Peli Case' that I bought to house it. The tip of the probe would originally have had a protective cover, which has gone missing so I 3D printed one this morning, and at the moment the Cetus 3D printer is making me a cap to protect the electrical connector, but that has another three hours to run.
. . . just need the 'pick and pluck' foam block that I have on order for the Peli case and it will be safe.
. . . oh and the lathe would be quite handy too :lol:
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