my tools "98" Mazak

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by 9W Monighan

That's small. It's the same size as Scott's Bruder skid steer... I see it parked behind

What are the travel distances? Did you get any tool holders? Vice, software?

yea and weighs almost as much but that lil kitty brought it in travels are 30" x 17 " y 6" z + you got the knee . I thought the vice came with it but I read wrong the bigger machine they got took the same tool holders but that no biggy they where to big for what I'm going to do + I know a place to get all I need for not to much $

Originally Posted by Stuff

nice mill!

Originally Posted by pugs

Nice looking mill

thanks guys I can't wait to use it

[Vanisle]

Ummm, that's just a little bigger than your Taig mill. Hopefully you can make the adjustment to using it. I wish I had your room for machinery.

Is this the machine that is going to turn out all of your new wheels? If so, will you turn the OD of the wheel blank on the lathe and then finish it off in the mill? Looks like fun.

[Car5858]

The all look good, I think you are going to have fun with them.

[ihbuilder]

yea BIG thanks to my sig. other the mill was a rare find It was set up as a scanner in reverse engineering . It's a "99" but maybe 100 hrs on it looks like it came right out of the factory best part , only a 1/4 of a new 1 . I've been trying the lathe already , like night and day compared to the old 1 I'm waiting on the rest of my tooling for it , then I'll be buried in shavings soon enough . and the mill I'm getting use to this cam program real quick the heck with righting out the program sit here and do it on the puter when I'm too tire to operate .

[tc1cat]

Nice purchase! Looks right at home with your lathe. Old and heavy rather than new and light weight!! If you can afford a Kurt angle-loc vise, get it! They are the best you can get! Hopefully, the mill uses R-8 tooling. Lots of things out there for it if so. You make me green also as I have no room for anything that big

Lynn

Sherline CNC is still waiting for new parts Budget ran out of funding at the moment.

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by Vanisle

Ummm, that's just a little bigger than your Taig mill. Hopefully you can make the adjustment to using it. I wish I had your room for machinery.

Is this the machine that is going to turn out all of your new wheels? If so, will you turn the OD of the wheel blank on the lathe and then finish it off in the mill? Looks like fun.

Rich , I out grew that tiag the minute i set it up I should have stuck with my gut instinct well I had to unload some stuff to get this size . but it is worth it the only part of the wheel process being done on here is holes and taping I'm now looking to get a cnc tool room lathe next that will take the bar size I use . I got a 150 wheels @ the drill press right now and only finished drilling the hubs . At the amount I'm doing it's getting old doing it by hand . once the mill is going , I'll be making stuff I've been trying to get to for a while .

Originally Posted by tc1cat

Nice purchase! Looks right at home with your lathe. Old and heavy rather than new and light weight!! If you can afford a Kurt angle-loc vise, get it! They are the best you can get! Hopefully, the mill uses R-8 tooling. Lots of things out there for it if so. You make me green also as I have no room for anything that big

Lynn

Sherline CNC is still waiting for new parts Budget ran out of funding at the moment.

that stinks with the sherline ,Lynn I know what you mean with budget this 1 is slightly over budget but It just finished a job before I picked it up . It takes a # 40 tool holder . the space comes from being in the excavating bizz ,need a big shop to work on stuff although I never got mine built and prob. wont need to either . just listed another piece this morn.. hate to see it go but not doing any good sittin here .

[Blender]

Originally Posted by tc1cat

Sherline CNC is still waiting for new parts Budget ran out of funding at the moment.

what parts do you still need? I finished my sherline conversion for pretty cheap.

[tc1cat]

Size #40 tool holders!! That is huge for a manual machine. I still need 2 new stepper motors. Sherline has smaller stepper motors and wrong type of connectors on it right now.

Lynn

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by tc1cat

Size #40 tool holders!! That is huge for a manual machine. I still need 2 new stepper motors. Sherline has smaller stepper motors and wrong type of connectors on it right now.

Lynn

Lynn it's a cnc mill still need the lathe yet then I'm set

[tc1cat]

I know that it is CNC just that size toolholders are huge for most single tool machines. That thing should be able to handle some heavy duty milling! I think that the Okuma CNC mills I have been running use the same size. Only ran one other CNC mill that used bigger toolholders. It was a beast!!
Are the controls on your new mill Fanuc or something else?

Lynn

[ihbuilder]

well the big gray old POSCNC mill was giving me such a headache I had to put it aside till I can get a control for it and have time to work on it . BUT 2 new pieces came and I finally got them hooked up now I'm waiting for the rest of the tooling

8600# mill most expensive of the 2 got lucky on this 1


5000# 16/40 lathe it's not new but it's no antique and it is sweet