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Oh Blimey I bought a CNC Lathe !!!!
Joules:
You mean one of these with a Dremel on the end. It will be LinuxCNC controlled, eventually. (maybe not my lifetime) And other than doing candy floss and making cocktails, tool and cutter grinding was the one useful thing I could come up with.
mattinker:
Fun while it lasted! An interesting voyage and now, the end of an era! I'd love to see you "do" a CNC tool grinder. I feel confident that you'll get your head round EMC2, another interesting voyage for us to follow!!
All the best, Matthew.
awemawson:
Well today was the day for the machine to go to it's new owner. Big lorry with Hi-Ab ordered for 11 am so Phil (new owner) turned up a bit earlier to start getting it prepared.
Firstly the Swarf Conveyor, which incorporates the coolant tank, needs pumping out. This holds 205 litres of soluble coolant, and the only practical way to pump it out is to use the 'wash down' pump I'd installed. Towards the end we had to tilt the tank to keep the pump submerged - got most out then dumped sawdust pellets in to soak up the rest so it doesn't swill about on the lorry.
awemawson:
Then the Hydraulic Power Pack could be disconnected and wheeled out side leaving room to start jacking the machine onto skates an roll it out.
awemawson:
So that wasn't too bad - a few moments when I did wonder if thing could go badly wrong, when one of the professional movers had his upper torso under the machine :bugeye:
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