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The Sequel - Oh Blimey I bought a CNC Lathe (Beaver TC 20)
awemawson:
A quick bit of re-labelling this morning has resulted in far more legible buttons than previously.
Of that row of 23 buttons only 7 are used. (as far as I know !!!)
awemawson:
While I was clearing up the paper cuttings from labelling, the postman brought the replacement 'In-Tank' input filter.
Might as well screw it in. I wanted to set it's depth so that the tank didn't have to be absolutely topped up and yet it could draw coolant, but I hadn't realised that the vertical threaded 3/8" BSP pipe that sets it's depth actually locks with the hose fitting outside the tank pre-determining it's depth.
Sorry about the second blurry photograph, I ran out of hands !
So now I'm just waiting for the 125 micron in line filter element and the coolant itself to start splashing white milky coolant everywhere :clap:
I must investigate the door interlock. Things aren't supposed to happen with the door open but they do at the moment. I did a minor investigation when I got the machine delivered, as the door contact was one thing that I could operate and measure, so I know the switch itself is OK but someone has nobbled it 'down the line' !
awemawson:
Well that was easier than I had expected :thumbup:
It turns out that the key-switch on the front panel inhibits certain setting changes when LOCKED and enables operation with the door open when UNLOCKED. So I suppose it's a sort of maintenance facility built into the machine.
In a fit of enthusiasm I've started to try and get the black overspray off one of the Versatool cabinets. In the picture of 'as it was' it's sitting on a pallet by the way.
When it's all off I'll 'compound' it with Tee-Cut but at the moment I can't find my compounding pad !
Carrying on with the enthusiasm theme I've ordered 10 metres of 25 mm x 6 mm sticky backed neoprene firm foam tape to go on the rear surfaces prior to the cabinet covers going back. There are vestiges of some previous seal but completely crumbled away.
Gosh if the covers are nearly ready to go back I must be getting to the top of this particular mountain!
awemawson:
I spent the afternoon scanning the User / Operations manual for the Beaver TC-20. I have an original paper back copy that is getting rather fragile. Siemens don't have it as a .PDF - it's apparently lost in time (!) so I thought it'd be a good idea to do it before my copy completely disintegrates.
I have a PlusTek flat bed 'book scanner' that allows scanning close to the fold between two pages, which helps enormously, but it still take an age. I've now finished the Operations bit, and have the Programming part to do. It scans in then OCR's the images producing searchable .PDF's which is a very useful format - much quicker to find a reference than in the hard copy (although I much prefer reading hard copy)
Now I need to remember how I managed to stitch several .PDF's together before (I did the same exercise for my Wire EDM machine manuals a few years back - indeed it's why I got the scanner in the first place)
Pete.:
I use PDFill for splitting and joining PDF's. It's free and simple to use. Also installs a virtual printer so you can print anything to PDF output. I use that a lot.
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