Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[Kirk Wallace]

On Thu, 2012-02-02 at 21:53 -0500, BRIAN GLACKIN wrote:
> Went for $2555.  People spend more on a card game...  or kids...

I paid around $2000 for my Shizouka, in good shape, with Bandit, tool
changer and some tooling. Hopefully, at this price, the buyer is serious
about restoring it.
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Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[BRIAN GLACKIN]

Went for $2555.  People spend more on a card game...  or kids...

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 2:20 AM, Dave  wrote:

> On 1/25/2012 12:31 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> >> since I am about 5 miles from the base a second trip would not be a
> >>
> > problem - if I forgot some paperwork
> >
> >
> >
>
> That is extremely convenient.  :-)
>
> The last two base visits I had the GL guy met me at the gate and I
> followed his car back to the pickup location.
>
> No problem.
>
> Dave
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Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[Dave]

On 1/25/2012 12:31 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
>> since I am about 5 miles from the base a second trip would not be a
>>  
> problem - if I forgot some paperwork
>
>
>

That is extremely convenient.  :-)

The last two base visits I had the GL guy met me at the gate and I 
followed his car back to the pickup location.

No problem.

Dave

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Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[Stuart Stevenson]

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Mark Cason  wrote:

> On 01/23/2012 11:58 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> > If no one on this list buys this machine I will bid on it. This machine
> is
> > on the Air Force Base. If I can, I will pick it up for anyone that buys
> it.
> > I have never been on the base before so I don't know their rules. I will
> > try to find out.
> > Stuart
>
>Buying from gov auctions is no big deal, just make sure you print out
> all of the paperwork, and take it with you.  The paperwork will have a
> address, phone numbers, and date and time of pickup on it.  It's been a
> while, but I believe that I had to call, and confirm that I would be
> there.  Before I went, however, I was warned to follow all direction
> EXACTLY.  Don't try to take any short cuts while driving across base, or
> you will run afoul of the MP's.
>
>   I bought 2 Cummins 4B engines out of Ohio,  I took everything I
> thought I would need to load them,and it turned out that they were in a
> warehouse that I wasn't allowed to enter.  They took a fork lift and
> loaded them onto my trailer, and even helped me center them over the
> axles.  All I had to do was strap them so they wouldn't move, and drive
> several hundred miles back home.  Those engines were listed as used, but
> when I got them, they were fresh factory rebuilds, with 0 hours on them.
>
>   I've also bought some tents from Georgia, that came in 2 large wooden
> crates 4'x4'x8'.  They brought them out to me on a fork lift, and the
> driver picked them up level with my truck, and helped me slide each one
> into the back  A day later, and I was at home trying to figure out how
> to get them OUT of the truck.  Turns out that the limb of the old oak
> tree outside was enough to lift each one, and let me drive out from
> under them.  Moving them into the shop, was considerably harder.
> Calling my niece, and her husband, and watching them try to load the
> crates into the back of a Toyota truck, PRICELESS!
>
> since I am about 5 miles from the base a second trip would not be a
problem - if I forgot some paperwork


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Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[Mark Cason]

On 01/23/2012 11:58 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> If no one on this list buys this machine I will bid on it. This machine is
> on the Air Force Base. If I can, I will pick it up for anyone that buys it.
> I have never been on the base before so I don't know their rules. I will
> try to find out.
> Stuart

   Buying from gov auctions is no big deal, just make sure you print out 
all of the paperwork, and take it with you.  The paperwork will have a 
address, phone numbers, and date and time of pickup on it.  It's been a 
while, but I believe that I had to call, and confirm that I would be 
there.  Before I went, however, I was warned to follow all direction 
EXACTLY.  Don't try to take any short cuts while driving across base, or 
you will run afoul of the MP's.

   I bought 2 Cummins 4B engines out of Ohio,  I took everything I 
thought I would need to load them,and it turned out that they were in a 
warehouse that I wasn't allowed to enter.  They took a fork lift and 
loaded them onto my trailer, and even helped me center them over the 
axles.  All I had to do was strap them so they wouldn't move, and drive 
several hundred miles back home.  Those engines were listed as used, but 
when I got them, they were fresh factory rebuilds, with 0 hours on them.

   I've also bought some tents from Georgia, that came in 2 large wooden 
crates 4'x4'x8'.  They brought them out to me on a fork lift, and the 
driver picked them up level with my truck, and helped me slide each one 
into the back  A day later, and I was at home trying to figure out how 
to get them OUT of the truck.  Turns out that the limb of the old oak 
tree outside was enough to lift each one, and let me drive out from 
under them.  Moving them into the shop, was considerably harder.  
Calling my niece, and her husband, and watching them try to load the 
crates into the back of a Toyota truck, PRICELESS!

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Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[Dave]

On 1/24/2012 3:49 AM, Eric Keller wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 10:20 PM, Stuart Stevensonwrote:
>
>> The motor was probably removed by the same process that modified the
>>  
> control boxes.
>
> That's pretty sad to see.  It really looks like the whole thing has been on
> its side, and it's hard to believe there isn't significant damage to the
> important stuff as a result.  The lathes they sell at Penn State surplus
> usually have been on their top, but they usually manage to keep the mills
> upright.
>
> When I was in the Air Force, they used to keep the surplus machine tools
> outside, uncovered and rusting.  That used to drive me nuts even though I
> had no place to put one at the time.
> Eric Keller
> Boalsburg, Pennsylvania
>

Rusting outside...

That is pretty common.  The vehicles I have bought from GL have usually 
been sitting outside for at least a year before I pick them up.

I bought an F150 Ford Pickup truck and it had a big mouse nest on top of 
the engine - seriously I took about a half a bushel of grass and other 
nesting material out of the engine compartment.

The condition code of the truck was HX - and I should have taken heed as 
the engine needs a rebuild.

That mill might be salvageable - I am sure that someone will take a 
chance on it.   If the control boxes cushioned the fall perhaps nothing 
is seriously out of wack.

I'd be concerned about the user load stipulation on that one.   If that 
mill is on the 5th floor.. in the corner..  removing it might take some 
good skates, johnson bars, a few strong bodies, and some patience..

Usually on stuff like that they will load onto a flatbed.

Dave

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Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[andy pugh]

On 22 January 2012 08:07,   wrote:

> why retrofit bridgeport machine when one can buy cnc machine X 50" Y 26"
> travel CNC mill for $6.5 k

That machine cost $85k new, so the standard of bearings, castings,
screws etc is likely to be a lot better than a built-down-to-a-price
$6.5k machine. Given that we (collectively) know how to build CNC
controls very cheaply the damage to the contoller is largely
irrelevant.

Some info on the brand, who still exist:
http://www.lathes.co.uk/index/


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Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[Eric Keller]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 10:20 PM, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> The motor was probably removed by the same process that modified the
control boxes.

That's pretty sad to see.  It really looks like the whole thing has been on
its side, and it's hard to believe there isn't significant damage to the
important stuff as a result.  The lathes they sell at Penn State surplus
usually have been on their top, but they usually manage to keep the mills
upright.

When I was in the Air Force, they used to keep the surplus machine tools
outside, uncovered and rusting.  That used to drive me nuts even though I
had no place to put one at the time.
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Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[Stuart Stevenson]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Ed  wrote:

> Kirk Wallace wrote:
> > On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 11:58 -0600, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> >
> >>If no one on this list buys this machine I will bid on it. This machine
> is
> >>on the Air Force Base. If I can, I will pick it up for anyone that buys
> it.
> >>I have never been on the base before so I don't know their rules. I will
> >>try to find out.
> >>Stuart
> >
> >
> > Good luck Stuart. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens to this
> > machine. My guess is it should make a fine LinuxCNC machine. It looks
> > like these are still being made:
> > http://www.wellsindex.com/cnc-milling-machines.html
> >
> >
> I have an older version of that machine running LinuxCNC to a set of
> Gecko 320's, works great. I do not see an X axis motor in the picture,
> it should be to the left in the picture mounted to the belt drop box.
>
> The motor was probably removed by the same process that modified the
control boxes.

Ed.
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Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[Ed]

Kirk Wallace wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 11:58 -0600, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> 
>>If no one on this list buys this machine I will bid on it. This machine is
>>on the Air Force Base. If I can, I will pick it up for anyone that buys it.
>>I have never been on the base before so I don't know their rules. I will
>>try to find out.
>>Stuart
> 
> 
> Good luck Stuart. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens to this
> machine. My guess is it should make a fine LinuxCNC machine. It looks
> like these are still being made:
> http://www.wellsindex.com/cnc-milling-machines.html 
> 
> 
I have an older version of that machine running LinuxCNC to a set of 
Gecko 320's, works great. I do not see an X axis motor in the picture, 
it should be to the left in the picture mounted to the belt drop box.

Ed.


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Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[Dave]

I've bought from Government Liquidation before.

They usually do exactly what they specify.   If they says users loads 
..  it is your job to get the machine moved from where it is to your 
trailer etc.  Don't expect any help at all.

(You might want to ask how close you can get your truck/trailer to the 
machine.)

The Goverment Liquidation people who are there when you load are not 
Government employees so they have no control over the base equipment - 
like forklifts etc.

But you can ask them questions also via the website add for 
clarification.  Try and get there when you say you will as the Goverment 
Liquidation people often drive long distances to get to the base and if 
you tick them off..  it could be a bad
situation.

Make sure your vehicle and trailer paperwork is in order when you go to 
the base; insurance, registrations, drivers license etc and auction 
paperwork that says "Paid" on it..
If you don't have it the base security guys can turn you away - no 
matter how far you drove.

The last Air Force base I went to shuttled my truck and trailer into a 
heated building specifically made for inspections.  They have some 
sensors in the floor etc and mirrors underneath also.
I had to pop the hood, open all of the doors etc so they could look 
inside.  The building was *really* nice.It was big enough to 
accommodate a full size semi.

Government Liquidation also tacks on 10% for a sellers premium on top of 
the auction price.If no EUC is required ( like this mill ) then you 
usually need to pick it up within 10 days of payment and they are pretty 
rigid about that.

If an EUC is required (for instance you are buying a military truck) 
then you can wait for months after you pay to get clearance to receive 
the item.   Then you have 10 days unless you make special arrangements.

Most of the people seem to be pretty easy to deal with, but the system 
is rigid.

Dave

On 1/23/2012 12:58 PM, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> If no one on this list buys this machine I will bid on it. This machine is
> on the Air Force Base. If I can, I will pick it up for anyone that buys it.
> I have never been on the base before so I don't know their rules. I will
> try to find out.
> Stuart
>
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Karl Schmidt  wrote:
>
>
>> On 01/22/2012 02:07 AM, a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote:
>>  
>>> Hi
>>> why retrofit bridgeport machine when one can buy cnc machine X 50" Y 26"
>>> travel CNC mill for $6.5 k
>>> those bridgeport will have similar price anyway.
>>> After one will buy used machine, beside retrofit controller with EMC2
>>>
>> need
>>  
>>> to learn about how to rebuild axis -learn about TURCITE and Way Lock etc,
>>> without which good controller will be just useless.
>>>
>> First, it is not a bridgeport. Second, these are going for scrap price -
>> scrap iron is going for
>> about $165 - $200/ ton - so no reason to offer any more than $400 which is
>> a little less than $6K.
>> I would offer $200 or just see if they will give it to you. Moving it is
>> the main expense.
>>
>> Seeing that it is in Wichita - it is a good bet it only milled aluminum..
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>> Karl Schmidt  EMail k...@xtronics.com
>> Transtronics, Inc.  WEB http://xtronics.com
>> 3209 West 9th Street Ph (785) 841-3089
>> Lawrence, KS 66049  FAX (785) 841-0434
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 
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Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[Kirk Wallace]

On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 11:58 -0600, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> If no one on this list buys this machine I will bid on it. This machine is
> on the Air Force Base. If I can, I will pick it up for anyone that buys it.
> I have never been on the base before so I don't know their rules. I will
> try to find out.
> Stuart

Good luck Stuart. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens to this
machine. My guess is it should make a fine LinuxCNC machine. It looks
like these are still being made:
http://www.wellsindex.com/cnc-milling-machines.html 


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Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[Stuart Stevenson]

If no one on this list buys this machine I will bid on it. This machine is
on the Air Force Base. If I can, I will pick it up for anyone that buys it.
I have never been on the base before so I don't know their rules. I will
try to find out.
Stuart

On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Karl Schmidt  wrote:

> On 01/22/2012 02:07 AM, a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote:
> > Hi
> > why retrofit bridgeport machine when one can buy cnc machine X 50" Y 26"
> > travel CNC mill for $6.5 k
> > those bridgeport will have similar price anyway.
> > After one will buy used machine, beside retrofit controller with EMC2
> need
> > to learn about how to rebuild axis -learn about TURCITE and Way Lock etc,
> > without which good controller will be just useless.
>
> First, it is not a bridgeport. Second, these are going for scrap price -
> scrap iron is going for
> about $165 - $200/ ton - so no reason to offer any more than $400 which is
> a little less than $6K.
> I would offer $200 or just see if they will give it to you. Moving it is
> the main expense.
>
> Seeing that it is in Wichita - it is a good bet it only milled aluminum..
>
>
>
>
>
> 
> Karl Schmidt  EMail k...@xtronics.com
> Transtronics, Inc.  WEB http://xtronics.com
> 3209 West 9th Street Ph (785) 841-3089
> Lawrence, KS 66049  FAX (785) 841-0434
>
>
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>
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Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[Karl Schmidt]

On 01/22/2012 02:07 AM, a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote:
> Hi
> why retrofit bridgeport machine when one can buy cnc machine X 50" Y 26"
> travel CNC mill for $6.5 k
> those bridgeport will have similar price anyway.
> After one will buy used machine, beside retrofit controller with EMC2 need
> to learn about how to rebuild axis -learn about TURCITE and Way Lock etc,
> without which good controller will be just useless.

First, it is not a bridgeport. Second, these are going for scrap price - scrap 
iron is going for 
about $165 - $200/ ton - so no reason to offer any more than $400 which is a 
little less than $6K. 
I would offer $200 or just see if they will give it to you. Moving it is the 
main expense.

Seeing that it is in Wichita - it is a good bet it only milled aluminum..





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Lawrence, KS 66049  FAX (785) 841-0434





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Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[a]

Hi
why retrofit bridgeport machine when one can buy cnc machine X 50" Y 26"
travel CNC mill for $6.5 k
those bridgeport will have similar price anyway.
After one will buy used machine, beside retrofit controller with EMC2 need
to learn about how to rebuild axis -learn about TURCITE and Way Lock etc,
without which good controller will be just useless.

thanks
aram

> On Fri, 20 Jan 2012, BRIAN GLACKIN wrote:
>
>> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:03:00 -0500
>> From: BRIAN GLACKIN 
>> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
>> 
>> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
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>> Subject: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the
>> heartland
>>
>> Kansas is just too far for me.
>>
>> http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=4975994
>>
>> Looks like the were a litte agressive on the control system with the
>> forklift.
>
>
> Ahh, they just tenderized it a little...
>
> There's also an enormous 5 axis waterjet:
>
> http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=4988692
>
> appropriately rusty of course.
>
>
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Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[Karl Schmidt]

Interesting - I have a similar Wells Index waiting for some free time to 
retrofit LinuxCNC on.

These were good machines, a lot used by the navy. Good manufacture support - 
they have records based 
on serial number - you can ask them about it before you buy.



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Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[Dave]

That machine was likely dropped on the bottom corner of the control 
panel and then it roller over and hit the operator panel.

That machine could have a lot of problem besides the controls depending 
on how far it fell.

Notice that "no loading assistance will be provided", perhaps the moron 
who dropped it is dropping machines at another location now.  ;-)

Dave

On 1/20/2012 12:38 PM, gene heskett wrote:
> On Friday, January 20, 2012 12:35:37 PM BRIAN GLACKIN did opine:
>
>
>> Kansas is just too far for me.
>>
>> http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=4975994
>>
>> Looks like the were a litte agressive on the control system with the
>> forklift.
>>  
> Look again.  They obviously intended that machine to never be anything but
> weighed for scrap.  Whoever did that should be charged.  Or at the very
> least a whole case of whupass opened and used.
>
> Cheers, Gene
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Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[gene heskett]

On Friday, January 20, 2012 12:35:37 PM BRIAN GLACKIN did opine:

> Kansas is just too far for me.
> 
> http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=4975994
> 
> Looks like the were a litte agressive on the control system with the
> forklift.

Look again.  They obviously intended that machine to never be anything but 
weighed for scrap.  Whoever did that should be charged.  Or at the very 
least a whole case of whupass opened and used.

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Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[BRIAN GLACKIN]

> There's also an enormous 5 axis waterjet:
>
> http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=4988692
>
> appropriately rusty of course.
>
>

> I don't think I can fit that into my shop - let alone my back yard
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Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[Peter C. Wallace]

On Fri, 20 Jan 2012, BRIAN GLACKIN wrote:

> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:03:00 -0500
> From: BRIAN GLACKIN 
> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
> 
> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" 
> Subject: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the
> heartland
> 
> Kansas is just too far for me.
>
> http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=4975994
>
> Looks like the were a litte agressive on the control system with the
> forklift.


Ahh, they just tenderized it a little...

There's also an enormous 5 axis waterjet:

http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=4988692

appropriately rusty of course.


Peter Wallace
Mesa Electronics

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[Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

[BRIAN GLACKIN]

Kansas is just too far for me.

http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=4975994

Looks like the were a litte agressive on the control system with the
forklift.
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