Here are some links to UWG presentations: http://www.enhydralutris.de/Hommel/index.html#1
http://www.uwg-hommel.de/ <http://www.uwg-hommel.de/> http://www.lathes.co.uk/hommel/ http://www.s1p.de/05_w/uwg/fr_uwg_w.html Peter Peter Blodow schrieb: > Jon, > I think Richards original message was a little ironical. I think was he > meant was that this EMC2 list is moving towards commercial users more > and more, who are making money by using a no cost control program > system. Consequently, interests of hobbyists (like I am, too) are going > to the background. Nobody seriously wants to make watches on the kitchen > table, you can buy them for a few dollars. > > The machine Richard is actually looking for is the UWG, a combined, > extremely versatile table top lathe-mill-grinding machine with > extraordinary precision (1/100 mm easily) made by the Hommel factory > here in Germany from WW II times until about 1970. Since then, those > machines have been dealt in ebay and other shops for tremendous prices, > even spare parts are paid for by their weight in gold (almost). Call > www.ebay.de and look for "Hommel UWG", right now there a sale is going > on. Google for "Hommel UWG" and you will get a lot of hits, also from > the UK. Besides, UWG is an acronym for "Universelles Werkstätten Gerät" > (universal workshop device). > > I happend to buy one some years ago, saving it from the junk yard. The > people who owned it didn't know what a treasure they were to throw away. > I added stepper motors and end switches to all axis and run the machine > with home made software. As one of the first items I made (PC > controlled) some 60 gear wheels for the machine itself from hydraulic > piston steel slabs. The reason why I am participating in this list is my > wish to run the machine with EMC2, but so far I didn't have the time > (and the guts) to start this as a primary project. > > Peter > > > > > Jon Elson schrieb: > >> kqt4a...@comcast.net wrote: >> >> >>> I enjoy reading about y'all and your terrawatt spindle motors with bits >>> that require a mobile crane to load but what about small >>> What if I wanted to make say watch parts >>> And I will qualify that by saying a watch for us normal size folks >>> And I am sure y'all with deep pockets can come up with links to all sorts >>> of commercial equipment but what about us hobbiest >>> I realize small is not necessarily the best description because accuracy is >>> the main requirement >>> Anyone ever built such a creature >>> >>> >>> >> It shouldn't be very hard. Making (or retrofitting) a small machine solves >> a couple accuracy/resolution problems just by reducing mass, thermal >> expansion, etc. Tiny ballscrews are seen on eBay all the time. >> >> If you are talking about a lathe, you might look at a jewelers/watchmakers >> lathe. There are several small milling machines that might make good >> candidates. >> >> On the other hand, I am sure I could build watch parts on my Bridgeport >> mill with no problem. >> >> Jon >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure >> contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, >> security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this >> data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure > contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, > security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this > data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
