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Oh Blimey I bought a CNC Lathe !!!!
vtsteam:
Yikes!! Scary. But glad you're okay!
Those must be some heavy manuals.....
Labels look great.
Pete W.:
Hi there, AWEMawson,
Sorry to hear of your distraction (putting it mildly!) and I hope that there's no recurrence. Does this mean that you're headed for a spell in the bandage factory?
awemawson:
Thanks chaps for the concern. Yes referred to the surgeon this afternoon and awaiting a date for the green dressed highly paid craft knife wavers! But let's face it it's a run of the mill bit of butchery these days :scratch:
Hopefully , now I'm back from my jaunt I can get to grips with the X servo driver and fix the over current problem. I also need to finish off those Versatool cabinets - the paint should have cured nicely by now.
awemawson:
:ddb: :ddb: :ddb: Well things they are a happening :ddb: :ddb: :ddb:
Firstly: I scored TWO of the axis servo drives on ebay in the US - they are the slightly lower powered version used on the V axis, but the vast majority of them is the same as the higher power one that I have the problem with, including the pcb that I'm 90% sure is the problem - at least it gives me ample spare parts to go at !
Secondly: The chap who I got the machine from has decided to dispose of the original bar feeder that came with the machine when it was delivered in 1993. This is a magazine type that can accommodate a rack of 1 metre long bars, and under program control shove them up the spout to produce widgets en masse. Collection arranged for Tuesday :D :D
Thirdly: The Versatool cabinets are finished and I can see my floor again having stashed all the tooling away. I even wired in a fixed 3 phase 415v 32 amp supply to let me dispose of the trailing cable I've used up until now - can almost move around the shop without falling over !
Now the issue is that the barfeeder needs 75" from the chuck end of the lathe, and I only have 34" in my workshop !!!!!! So it looks like the machine (all 4 and a bit tons) needs to move further into the shop, as do all the machines further up the shop. Any beefy volunteers with toetectors?
tekfab:
--- Quote from: awemawson on August 02, 2013, 01:26:24 PM --- Any beefy volunteers with toetectors?
--- End quote ---
Why ? are you wanting it kicked into place ? ;-)
Mike
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