On Jan 31, 2008, at 6:01 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > Kirk Wallace wrote: >> On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 12:54 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: >> ... snip >> >>> In thinking about scales again, one thought that came to mind is, >>> EMC >>> might make a good CMM (manual or powered). But I guess the real >>> magic is >>> in the granite slides, though errors could be mapped out. Which >>> brings >>> me back to the issue of accurate standards. >>> >>> Another thought, is there any value in having an RS-232 >>> connection with >>> serial calipers or micrometers? >> >> >> FYI on eBay: >> >> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290200642943 >> >> EMC CMM? > > Good Gourd! $99 for the machine, $9900 to move it to your shop, > and that's if you are pretty close! That thing must weigh 15 > tons, maybe a lot more.
Yep! Wilson machine bought a 50' x 4' CMM at a Boeing auction. Got it cheap and spent a million moving it and getting it set up again. And that was only a few miles. Dave > > Jon > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
