Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 May 2012 21:33, Jack Coats wrote: > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:07 AM, charles green wrote: >> a whole robot to swap tools:  the prelude to an opera of the waking >> maintenace nightmare. In the video it gets perilously close to smacking an expensive bit of live tooling into the tool change

Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-22 Thread Jack Coats
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:07 AM, charles green wrote: > a whole robot to swap tools:  the prelude to an opera of the waking > maintenace nightmare. Yep, that's right. ... Welcome to the wonderful world of high-$$ machines, where waiting for the maintenance guy costs more than putting another toy

Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-22 Thread Mike Bennett
With all those big motors and hot chips flying off, keeping it cool might be a bigger issue! On 22 May 2012, at 12:52, andy pugh wrote: > On 22 May 2012 11:30, Mark Wendt wrote: > >> I'd give my left you-know-what for a shop that size. > > It would be difficult to keep warm enough to work

Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-22 Thread charles green
a whole robot to swap tools: the prelude to an opera of the waking maintenace nightmare. --- On Tue, 5/22/12, gene heskett wrote: > From: gene heskett > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 5:00 AM > On

Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-22 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, May 22, 2012 07:57:20 AM andy pugh did opine: > On 22 May 2012 11:30, Mark Wendt wrote: > > I'd give my left you-know-what for a shop that size. > > It would be difficult to keep warm enough to work in. Which is why I do woodwork in the garage, its better insulated than the house.

Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-22 Thread Mark Wendt
On 05/22/2012 07:56 AM, gene heskett wrote: >>> Cheers, Gene >>> >> Gene, >> >> The "left" was just the starting point for negotiations. You never >> wanna give away to much at the start. >> >> Mark >> > Chuckle. A momentary lapse of memory is all I can plead though. :) > > Cheers,

Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-22 Thread Mark Wendt
On 05/22/2012 07:52 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 22 May 2012 11:30, Mark Wendt wrote: > > >> I'd give my left you-know-what for a shop that size. >> > It would be difficult to keep warm enough to work in. > I think I might manage to find a way. ;-) Mark --

Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-22 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, May 22, 2012 07:55:32 AM Mark Wendt did opine: > On 05/22/2012 07:38 AM, gene heskett wrote: > >> I'd give my left you-know-what for a shop that size. > > > > Left? Heck, I'd offer both, I've been disarmed for 40 years, and > > diabetes has fixed the other so they aren't doing me any

Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 May 2012 11:30, Mark Wendt wrote: > I'd give my left you-know-what for a shop that size. It would be difficult to keep warm enough to work in. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto --

Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-22 Thread Mark Wendt
On 05/22/2012 07:38 AM, gene heskett wrote: >> I'd give my left you-know-what for a shop that size. >> > Left? Heck, I'd offer both, I've been disarmed for 40 years, and diabetes > has fixed the other so they aren't doing me any good. > > I'd hang a name on my shed, but there's not enough fl

Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-22 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, May 22, 2012 07:31:28 AM Mark Wendt did opine: > On 05/22/2012 06:23 AM, Dave Caroline wrote: > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: > >> On 05/21/2012 04:40 PM, dave wrote: > >>> On Mon, 21 May 2012 14:27:06 -0400 > >>> > >>> "N. Christopher Perry"wrote: >

Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-22 Thread Mark Wendt
On 05/22/2012 06:23 AM, Dave Caroline wrote: > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: > >> On 05/21/2012 04:40 PM, dave wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 21 May 2012 14:27:06 -0400 >>> "N. Christopher Perry"wrote: >>> >>> >>> When money is no object I love the tool

Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-22 Thread Dave Caroline
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: > On 05/21/2012 04:40 PM, dave wrote: >> On Mon, 21 May 2012 14:27:06 -0400 >> "N. Christopher Perry"  wrote: >> >> >>> When money is no object  I love the toolchanger! >>> >>> N. Christopher Perry >>> >>> On May 21, 2012, at 13:24, Roland Jo

Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-22 Thread Mark Wendt
On 05/21/2012 04:40 PM, dave wrote: > On Mon, 21 May 2012 14:27:06 -0400 > "N. Christopher Perry" wrote: > > >> When money is no object I love the toolchanger! >> >> N. Christopher Perry >> >> On May 21, 2012, at 13:24, Roland Jollivet >> wrote: >> >> >>> One of the better videos

Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-21 Thread andy pugh
On 21 May 2012 22:28, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > And how do they call those sub-tool-holders? Possibly "Live tooling" -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Live Security Virtual

Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-21 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/5/21 Roland Jollivet : > One of the better videos of large format CNC for those in want of a nice > bedtime video; > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn7tsNG6pyo > Holly Molly! Is it 3 storey high?!? And how do they call those sub-tool-holders? I mean those bigger things that are at the very

Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-21 Thread dave
On Mon, 21 May 2012 14:27:06 -0400 "N. Christopher Perry" wrote: > When money is no object I love the toolchanger! > > N. Christopher Perry > > On May 21, 2012, at 13:24, Roland Jollivet > wrote: > > > One of the better videos of large format CNC for those in want of a > > nice bedtime v

Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-21 Thread Dave
That is quite a machine. The tool changer and tool storage room is excellent.. Why didn't I think of that; The next time I need a tool changer I will just add a full size robot! ;-) I wonder what they charge for machine time? It has to be really expensive. What would be a good guess? Dav

Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-21 Thread N. Christopher Perry
When money is no object I love the toolchanger! N. Christopher Perry On May 21, 2012, at 13:24, Roland Jollivet wrote: > One of the better videos of large format CNC for those in want of a nice > bedtime video; > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn7tsNG6pyo > > > Regards > Roland >

[Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-21 Thread Roland Jollivet
One of the better videos of large format CNC for those in want of a nice bedtime video; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn7tsNG6pyo Regards Roland -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all th