On Thursday, November 17, 2011 08:42:09 AM Peter Blodow did opine: > 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 Werkstنtten Gerنt" > (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 Now I'll have to clean the drool from my keyboard, Peter. But this is one of those "if you have to ask, you can't afford it" things. Google found one, a 1973 model, only 7k euro plus ship from .de land.
Touring the google output, one site even had a picture of a unimate, the little one with about a 2.5" chuck, which brought back some fond memories as I had borrowed one of those for a couple years back in the '60's. I used it to make a primer pocket swaging tool for mil brass I still own and use occasionally, fits in the ram of a herters U frame reloading press that I still keep just to use it. Made it from a 1/4" grade 12 bolt, ground to contour, no discernible wear in thousands of cases treated. I also made a few other tools associated with reloading that I still use occasionally. For a tiny lathe, quite useful and I have been looking for one to buy for quite a while. But is there anything the Hommel can't do? One picture even showed it setup with what must have been an extra cost scroll saw frame and table. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> "You, sir, are nothing but a pathetically lame salesdroid! I fart in your general direction!" -- Randseed on #Linux ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
