On Tuesday 15 April 2008, Kirk Wallace wrote:
>On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 09:58 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Tuesday 15 April 2008, Kirk Wallace wrote:
>> >I have a new toy. It's a Shizuoka ST-N mill with a Bandit controller.
>
>...snip
>
>> >have a simple pivot. I have pictures and a video here:
>> >
>> >http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Shizuoka/
>>
>> Neat, I'll bet shipping was outragious though, it looks like well over a
>> ton.
>
>The manual for the mill indicates the base mill is 3000 lbs. Then add
>the weight for the tool changer, Bandit controller and stepper motors.
>The mill was about 150 miles away, so I borrowed a friend's truck and
>trailer to get it. The trailer was maxed out, so I took back streets. It
>took me two hours to get to the mill and five nervous hours to get it
>home. I was surprised that there were no good points on the machine to
>lash it down. I ended up putting chains and binders across the knee
>ways. I put wood on the ways to keep them from getting scratched , but I
>noticed all the load of the binders was pushing on the knee leadscrew. I
>didn't like this much, but I had to have the machine off-site that day.
>
Been there, done that, prayed a lot... Got by with it.
>> And the tool changer is sweet.
>>
>> >It sure would be a shame if the Bandit had an accident. I'd better plan
>> >out an EMC2 conversion, just in case.
>>
>> By all means. :)
--
Cheers, Gene
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