On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:35:55 +0100 andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > Should I CNC it?
It's a neat old machine, but it's not the Mona Lisa. Converting it to CNC is not some sort of crime against humanity. Follow your own sensibilities and I'm sure you'll do just fine. I think it's great that people respect old machines and want to preserve them. However, I also believe in property rights. You bought it, so it's yours. If you want to bolt some motors to it and connect it to a computer and make it do tricks the manufacturers would have never imagined, then go for it. Don't let anyone tell you that you may have bought it but you have no right to modify it and you must restore it to its original condition or you're some sort of vandal. If they want to preserve that machine, THEY should buy it and spent their money to restore it and put it in their vintage machine museum. This topic reminds me of the local historical trust. They get the local government to pass ordinances and zoning restrictions telling people who own old houses what color they're allowed to paint them, what restoration they must do and what improvements they can't make to their property, which contractors are authorized to do historical restoration, etc. They don't own the property, but they are somehow entitled to make every significant decision concerning the property. I'm stripping a lot of parts off a neat old Clausing lathe that I don't need after I convert it to CNC - cross slide, lead screws, all the complex hardware associated with threading, reversing drum switch, etc. I'll eBay that stuff for anyone who wants to restore their old Clausing lathe. As C3PO said, if any of my parts could be of use, I'll gladly donate them. I was probably a Mongol or Visigoth in a previous life. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
