On Saturday 23 April 2016 19:23:52 Jon Elson wrote: > On 04/23/2016 01:38 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I looked at a Sheldon on the HGR site, $1799 IIRC, but it was a > > couple feet longer and about a ton heavier. Weight concerns me as my > > garage floor is about 7 to 8" of poured 5000 lb concrete, but not a > > rebar in the mix. And its already full of hairline cracks. > > Sheldon made a range of machines. The only one that is a > "toolroom precision" grade is the R-series. > I have an R-15. 80 threading feeds, feed by driveshaft > separate from leadscrew. It has clutches for carriage and > crossfeed that can be adjusted to slip, so you don't break > things if you have a crash. > Spindle is D1-6, with a 2.25" through hole. The standard > model will do 40 - 1250 RPM, the high speed model (which I > don't have) will go up to 2500 RPM! Yikes! > > > Thanks Jon. If I do buy a Sheldon, I may pester you for hints & > > tricks. :) > > There is a newsgroup, and one of the family members (John > Knox) is there, and he has access to a wealth of info. If > you need a standard part that was in there, he can get the > maker and their part number. I needed to replace some seals > in the apron, and with his info, I was able to order them > locally very easily. > > I only know the R-series Sheldons. > > Jon
Thanks Jon, I'll mentally limit my Sheldon search for models starting with an R. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications Manager Applications Manager provides deep performance insights into multiple tiers of your business applications. It resolves application problems quickly and reduces your MTTR. Get your free trial! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/302982198;130105516;z _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
