Hello Peter, What kinds of projects do you have in mind? Do you need a 900 or a 1200?
Begat On Jan 24, 1:28 pm, bonehead <parr...@aol.com> wrote: > Hi Guys, > I've been lurking here for a while & when I spotted this post I > contacted the man by phone about buying the large machine but the next > day I got an email from him saying the he didn't want to go through > the trouble of shipping the machine. I'm sure the 1800 was too large > for the projects I had in mind but for the price I would have made it > work. I guess I'll just have to keep my eyes open for another good > deal. > I enjoy reading all the posts here. > Peter - in Michigan > > On Jan 22, 1:05 am, Louis Brown <bega...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello Tim, > > > So you bought the Moulding Center and discovered an 1800 going for the > > price of a 1200! Wow. Perhaps someone will get inspired. That's the best > > price I've ever seen. > > > Begat > > > On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Tim Krause <artmarb...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > I bought the Horizontal Moulding Center today. After I get it cleaned and > > > fixed up, I will post some photos and give you my thoughts on this > > > machine. > > > I think it has some hidden potential. > > > > What's interesting is the other machine in the ad is actually an 1800, not > > > a > > > 1200. It has the 2x and .25 gear set. The machine is missing the right > > > hand > > > drive gear and the drive shaft and there are only two drive hubs. The A-G > > > gears are all there. The z-axis (with digital scale) is missing the stop > > > but other wise works great. The PC router has the eliminator chuck and is > > > fully functional. The split nut on the x-axis is worn. The bushings on > > > the > > > x-axis need to either be sized or there is a lot of chips in the rails > > > causing excessive wear on the nut. I did not further investigate the > > > friction in the carriage. The linear drive is installed and functioning > > > correctly. The dead center in the tailstock is probably sieved in the 2mt > > > and there is a pen mandrel in the headstock that might also need to be > > > loosened (could be seized). It comes with the linear molding table, a new > > > Nova 4 jaw chuck, HD live center, two dentil molding templates and some > > > magnate router bits to get people started. > > > > With some cleaning and a little tender loving care, this will be a very > > > good > > > machine for someone. > > > > -Tim > > > > > > >> Here's the link to craigslist: > > > > > >>http://eugene.craigslist.org/tls/2786731268.html > > > > > > >> Begat > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en.
