On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 13:27 -0400, John Kasunich wrote:
> Kirk Wallace wrote:
>
> > I was surprised that there were no good points on the machine to
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> > didn't like this much, but I had to have the machine off-site that day.
> >
>
> Just a thought for the future - when moving machinery,
Kirk Wallace wrote:
> I was surprised that there were no good points on the machine to
> lash it down. I ended up putting chains and binders across the knee
> ways. I put wood on the ways to keep them from getting scratched , but I
> noticed all the load of the binders was pushing on the knee lead
On Tuesday 15 April 2008, Kirk Wallace wrote:
>On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 09:58 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Tuesday 15 April 2008, Kirk Wallace wrote:
>> >I have a new toy. It's a Shizuoka ST-N mill with a Bandit controller.
>
>...snip
>
>> >have a simple pivot. I have pictures and a video here:
>>
On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 09:58 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 April 2008, Kirk Wallace wrote:
> >I have a new toy. It's a Shizuoka ST-N mill with a Bandit controller.
...snip
> >have a simple pivot. I have pictures and a video here:
> >
> >http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Shizuok
On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 05:46 -0600, John Thornton wrote:
> Watching the video the tool chain moved while the gripper was over it. Is
> that
> normal? I'm guessing that the grippers are open enough to allow this without
> crashing into the tools...
>
> John
The gripper should clear, but I don't
On Tuesday 15 April 2008, Kirk Wallace wrote:
>I have a new toy. It's a Shizuoka ST-N mill with a Bandit controller.
>Unfortunately, the Bandit (with steppers) seems to be working fine, so I
>won't be swapping it for EMC2 right away. It has a tool changer that
>seems to lend itself to mills in gene
Watching the video the tool chain moved while the gripper was over it. Is that
normal? I'm guessing that the grippers are open enough to allow this without
crashing into the tools...
John
On 15 Apr 2008 at 0:08, Kirk Wallace wrote:
> I have a new toy. It's a Shizuoka ST-N mill with a Bandit co
I have a new toy. It's a Shizuoka ST-N mill with a Bandit controller.
Unfortunately, the Bandit (with steppers) seems to be working fine, so I
won't be swapping it for EMC2 right away. It has a tool changer that
seems to lend itself to mills in general. The arm motion is controlled
mechanically wit
