I am looking for either some cool ideas or someone who would like to take a project of my (too full) hands. I just sold off my manual sinker EDM and acquired a CNC sinker. Along with the deal came an identical "parts machine". The folks told me that it was functional when they took it out of service, but over the years they have swapped out boards and other parts with the twin that they were still using.
It is a mid-to-late 90's Charmilles Roboform 20. It does not have C axis or an electrode changer. A picture of this machine can be had by googling images for the model. I think my first choice would be to deal the machine to someone who would want to repurpose it and allow me to keep spares. I would like to keep boards, monitor, keyboard and touchpads, probably even the axis motors. I can probably do without the ballscrews, so if someone were looking for an XYZ platform it seems like it would be an opportunity. For this scenario I would let it go for very little, as it is currently residing under a tarp and partial overhang, blocking one garage door. (Assembled it is too tall to get inside.) It could be brought back to life as its original EDM, but I can't guarantee all of the parts are fully functional or even there. I imagine some of the boards were swapped and the faulty ones not fixed. It would likely get expensive. For those of you who may not know about EDMs, their travel resolutions are quite accurate, but they will not be built as heavily as a milling machine because they typically move slow and do not encounter cutting loads or resistance. With my overwhelmingly positive experience with my Linux CNC 4-axis creep-feed grinder, I am tempted to repurpose this myself. I would probably do this if I could visualize myself completing it into a laser engraver. Other ideas include perhaps a CMM or Laser Scanner. It would probably make a great 3D printer, or light milling/ engraving machine. I am hurting for space and I am not sure my enthusiasm or need for any of these is sufficient. Do any of you have any ideas to fire up my enthusiasm, or any interest in acquiring the machine? I live in Oregon. The unit is on a pallet and weighs around 2000 lb. I move things like this by renting a drop-bed trailer and rolling it on and off with a pallet jack. -- Andy Evans Evans Precision Tooling Incorporated 541.990.2122 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
