Dave, thanks. Your answer is 100% sensible. I will get more answers when I close the deal.
Igor On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Dave <e...@dc9.tzo.com> wrote: > I would bet that this machine has non generic software on it > specifically designed to make it easy for people to grind cutters and > tools. > > If you put a generic CNC control on it you will have none of that, > making the machine much harder, maybe impossible to sell. > > How does the owner know that the motherboard is bad? Did he get some > repair estimates already? > > What does a replacement motherboard cost? > > Do you have electrical prints for the machine? Can you get them? > > Will Anca still service the machine? > > I'd talk to Anca and see what they can do for you. If you can't get > it running with the specific tool grinding software or > an updated tool grinding software system, I think I would first try and > sell it as a parts machine and it that didn't work, part it out if there > are some sellable > pieces on it. > > Dave > > > On 8/12/2011 9:08 AM, Igor Chudov wrote: > > A little bit of excitement in my own life is that I am in the process of > > buying a warehouse for money making purposes. (expand my surplus buying > and > > selling) > > > > The warehouse purchase deal includes several industrial machines, > tooling, > > shelving, raw materials etc, as found in the warehouse. > > > > One of the machines is an "Anca Fastgrind" CNC tool and cutter grinder. > > Similar to this: > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/140588368305 > > > > According to the seller, it has a "bad motherboard". The seller is an > > extremely honest man, according to my 11 year old surplus trading > > experience. With such guys, most surprises are good surprises. > > > > There may be, possibly, not much wrong with it. > > > > Anyway, I have three questions. > > > > 1. Is it too obsolete for any people who do T&C grinding to make money? > In > > other words, if I fix it, do I stand a realistic chance of selling it? > > > > 2. For someone with general troubleshooting skills and a minimum CNC > > knowledge, how hard is this thing to troubleshoot? > > > > 3. Can I put a new industrial control on this? > > > > I do not want this to become an endless time drain. For me, it is either > fix > > quickly, or just sell as is, or part out. This warehouse is a business > > venture, and at this stage, I do not want to start another year long > > retrofit project, especially for something with such a non-obvious > function, > > as a tool and cutter grinder. > > > > My Bridgeport Interact was great fun, and is now very useful, but I had > more > > time back then. > > > > I want to hear an opinion of someone experienced. > > > > Thanks! > > > > i > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, > > user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take > > the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the > > tools developers use with it. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, > user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take > the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the > tools developers use with it. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
