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Supporting => My Workshop => Topic started by: steamer on May 21, 2020, 02:36:55 PM
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Sometimes you need to step in the proverbial to come out smelling good!.....
I'm picking this up on Tuesday.... 8) Fully tooled.... the price was the smell good price....I was the last person to run this machine about 7 months ago.
need a compressor now....... ::)
Dave
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Better than the usual 'wind' blowing out the shop... :o
Looks like a great machine. Whats the first project for it?
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Better than the usual 'wind' blowing out the shop... :o
Looks like a great machine. Whats the first project for it?
Probably an machine enclosure, and a shelf/bracket to hang an air compressor on the wall or some such. The shop is about to be flipped over.......again......
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The Clausing will be looking for a home, you can bet on that!......
If anyone is in my area ( Central Massachusetts) and is interested in a Clausing 8520 mill well with factory riser, tooled up and complete with DRO, strap set, ER collet chuck and collets, new Glycern vise and rotary table... let me know in a PM.
It's in need of a new home.....
Dave
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Hope you beat them down due to that oil run on the front of the base, otherwise it looks in good condition
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Good news for a change Dave, :ThumbsUp: :ThumbsUp:
Hope the previous operator looked after it properly :lolb: :lolb:
Mike
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Better than the usual 'wind' blowing out the shop... :o
Looks like a great machine. Whats the first project for it?
Well Chris, it's got to be that Porsche 917 he has been teasing us with for ages. :stir: :stir:
Mike
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Better than the usual 'wind' blowing out the shop... :o
Looks like a great machine. Whats the first project for it?
Well Chris, it's got to be that Porsche 917 he has been teasing us with for ages. :stir: :stir:
Mike
10" travel....just MIGHT be enough to do it!....it'll be close!
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That's a nice piece of machinery :ThumbsUp: :ThumbsUp: :wine1:
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That's a nice piece of machinery :ThumbsUp: :ThumbsUp: :wine1:
I do know what THAT machine is capable of.....if you ask nicely.... Each grid square is 0.2mm or about
0.008"
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And it runs LinuxCNC in the form of Pathpilot.
LinuxCNC is a nice, highly reliable control system. The BEST one, in my book.
Mike
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From those couple of photos that 917 engine should just fit on a pin head
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Dave:
Looks nice. I assume this is the one you selected for your day job some time ago. Might I ask why it didn't work out for them?
Seems to have worked out very well though. Awsome.
Thanks.
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Dave:
Looks nice. I assume this is the one you selected for your day job some time ago. Might I ask why it didn't work out for them?
Seems to have worked out very well though. Awsome.
Thanks.
It didnt work out because they went out of business.
Dave
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They say every cloud has a silver lining, in this case the silver lining was in your favour.
Looks very nice, I'm sure you will have fun with it.
Can't beat new toys.
Colin
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Hi Steamer, I am sorry to hear about the business though, it is quite distressing for everyone when that happens.
All the best in finding something new.
MJM460
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Dave:
Sad to hear this kind of news. But it is good to know the Tormach went to a good home rather than an impersonal auction somewhere. I know you'll make good use of it.
Thanks.
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I wouldn't get rid of a manual mill just because you got a CNC mill.
I'm running PathPilot on my non-Tormach mill and find it lots better than Mach3.
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Ill still have the F1... no worries
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But it is good to know the Tormach went to a good home rather than an impersonal auction somewhere. I know you'll make good use of it.
Amen to that and congrats on a very nice addition to your works shop Dave :ThumbsUp: :cheers:
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One week delay in delivery....dumpsters sitting in front of the loading dock.....so I brought home everything not nailed down...tooling contols cables , keyboard, jog crank, clamps, vice ect.
And I've put the Clausing 8520 up for sale...actually it's a good deal, and reasonably priced for what it is and what comes with it....see below.
Dave
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I always wanted THAT mill ; ).
-Bob
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Nice addition to the shop Dave. Hope the Clausing finds a good home too!!
Bill
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I always wanted THAT mill ; ).
-Bob
Here's ya chance Bob......and tooled...
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Nice addition to the shop Dave. Hope the Clausing finds a good home too!!
Bill
Thanks Bill...It's paid for, but I have a few more days to wait, the loading docks were blocked by dumpsters They're tossing everything as far as I can tell.
I've got it skidded....and I've taking anything not nailed down that belongs to it though.
Dave
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I always wanted THAT mill ; ).
-Bob
Here's ya chance Bob......and tooled...
As much as I'd like to have two of them....
-Bob
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Houston.....the Eagle has landed!!!
It's at least indoors .....gonna take a bit to navigate the opposite side of the shop....iron gets heavier with age....or something like that.
Dave
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:pics:
Need evidence or hasn't happened ::)
Jo
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:Jester:
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Gonna need to get a little jiggy with it......18 feet and a 180 to go.
Not today.....
Dave
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8) :wine1:
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Pretty cool, Dave! :cartwheel:
Be careful moving it around! Don't want to damage that leg again!
It's good to take a rest, have a plan, and take it nice and slow :D
Kim
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Pretty cool, Dave! :cartwheel:
Be careful moving it around! Don't want to damage that leg again!
It's good to take a rest, have a plan, and take it nice and slow :D
Kim
3 rules I follow...moving stuff
Never get under a load
Never lift higher than required
Never try to move a machine without a plan
...and never go without a pinch bar!
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That's a tight fit! Congrats on getting it one step closer to its new home.
Dave
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The bench to the left is mobile..and needss to move like I sade its moving 18 feet toward from where its and then turn 180. Ill post pics when its there...
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Dave:
Good rules. We just got done moving my mill and lathe to their new home. Took a forklift to get them off the trailer. But once on the ground it was steel pipes to roll them on and a 5-6' pinch bar. They're safely in place now needing only minor adjustment.
But we had most of the place empty. Looks like you'll be moving around a lot of obstacles. I don't envy that move, but I do have some envy for the Tormach.
Send updates. Thanks.
3 rules I follow...moving stuff
Never get under a load
Never lift higher than required
Never try to move a machine without a plan
...and never go without a pinch bar!
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OK today's mission, rotate in its current location 90 degrees, remove the monitor boom and the estop box, and it should go down the current 3 ft wide isle past the rolling bench, rotate another 90 and it should go right into place where the Clausing was. I need to shim it up just a bit on the skids as the base feet are touching down, and making it hard to move
Method, pinch bar and some sweat and some cedar shingles as wedges.
From there I can evaluate if the boom should stay on the right or go on the left....or mount all together differently. I'll have to come up with an operator envelope so to speak. tools on the wall?...In a cart next to it? Floor space is at a premium, so not sure about a cart. But you really want everything you need at arms reach. Vise jaws, tool holders, straps and clamps ect. Need a spot for the tool set station....decisions decisions....
Then reassemble the control system and reroute the cabling.....plug in, machine is 115 volt. Then level and check tram once I can jog the axes,....
My air compressor is held up in shipping from Amazon....I suspect the burning Amazon shipping depot in CA may have something to do with that... ::)....
I'll need a work light solution.....need to work on that.... I might go with "Annular LED" solution.....less crap to get in the way, put the light where I need it.
Dave
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Existing roll around tool box is going!.....WAY too big....
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The 3 H's
Hot
Humid
Heavy!........getting too old for this *#*&*&@#
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Take it gently, another couple of days is not the end of the world. One back strain pays for several professional helpers. I decided that when we moved apartments, I pay, my back survives :wine1:
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Take it gently, another couple of days is not the end of the world. One back strain pays for several professional helpers. I decided that when we moved apartments, I pay, my back survives :wine1:
I hear ya Roger
The only thing I'm driving today is the pinch bar.....things I could do 15 years ago.....aren't there anymore....
Right now it has me blocked between the inside garage entrance and the door entrance...so walking a lot....though my shoulder is not happy at the moment.....
Dave
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Shes in!.....but im done for today..
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Sweet
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Sweet
Ill pay for it tomorrow Mike....
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Looks good Dave!
Dave
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Thanks Dave, I'm excited!.....
Dave
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Great to see it inplace, Dave!
Kim
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Hi Dave,
The Tormach looks quite at home in your shop, it will help keep your mind off other things. What you going to tell the Missus when she finds out what you have been buying while she is away? :stir:
Stay safe
Mike
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Hi Dave,
The Tormach looks quite at home in your shop, it will help keep your mind off other things. What you going to tell the Missus when she finds out what you have been buying while she is away? :stir:
Stay safe
Mike
:lolb: Are you kidding!.... She's the one who set the bid price!..... 8)
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:lolb: Are you kidding!.... She's the one who set the bid price!..... 8)
But She said to bid low, never expecting you to win. :stir:
Mike
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It's a cunning investment on her part: she knows Dave will be out from under her feet for a few more months during the lock down now :mischief:.
Jo
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Hi Jo,
And everyone,
My wife has me out from underfoot....Jo knows this, but few others do.
My Daughters cancer came back this winter...February or so. She has been clean for 4 years, but we didn't get past that last 2% chance or relapse. It nearly killed her. There were NO symptoms, and it only manifested itself in the form of a lump after it nearly closed her windpipe. And she found a lump.
We've been in a head long battle with that. And we're winning!....knock on wood!
Her current situation is she's 3 weeks into a bone marrow transplant. She's already had 5 rounds of chemo. Because she's a minor, my wife is at the hospital...in Boston....with her for the duration, I'm home with my Son.
Prognosis is excellent!.. She's responding well to the transplant, and her numbers are coming up!
She's the toughest PERSON I've ever seen. She's been through some serious hell with this....and her wit and patented sarcasm never fails......we didn't raise a snowflake..
( She calls her IV stand with all the tubes, pumps and things her boy friend....... 8) )
Dealing with all this under Covid....was a challenge...and still is....but we're doing it!....
The mill choice was an opportunity to perhaps start a business, Consulting, prototyping, ect, to have something WE can control.....
Anna is my partner, of 21 years, and my best friend....and WE are blessed she's with us doing what she's doing. Epoxy got nothing on my Viking Princess...I'll tell you that!
Dave
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Looking good my brother glad to see you moving up..... :Love:
:cheers:
Don
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Pleased to hear Ava's prognostic is excellent Dave 8)
( She calls her IV stand with all the tubes, pumps and things her boy friend....... 8) )
It definitely has more staying power than your average "teenage boyfriend" ;)
I hope your son's home schooling now includes learning all about CNC milling and he has something he wants to make before his father tries hogging it ::)
Jo
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I suspect there will be some combat robots making their way to it.......
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( She calls her IV stand with all the tubes, pumps and things her boy friend....... 8) )
:lolb: OK - that is good black humor (I'm not sure that translate well to English, as it might have a very different meaning in the US) :ThumbsUp:
You have mentioned her relapse, so it's very nice to hear that she's doing better - really hope it continue to do so.
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( She calls her IV stand with all the tubes, pumps and things her boy friend....... 8) )
:lolb: OK - that is good black humor (I'm not sure that translate well to English, as it might have a very different meaning in the US) :ThumbsUp:
You have mentioned her relapse, so it's very nice to hear that she's doing better - really hope it continue to do so.
Ava........."Well it's going to suck...but if I do it I wont die.....Lets go!!!" .....yup....NOT a snow flake....
Dave
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Best wishes Dave.
Sounds like you have a few fighters in your family. :ThumbsUp:
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Best wishes Dave.
Sounds like you have a few fighters in your family. :ThumbsUp:
That we do Zee.....that we do!
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It is ALIVE!
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You and your family "keep on keepin on", Pleased to hear of progress. My Best Wishes to you all Terry
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The compressor....FINALLY came.....time to fire it up!!!
Dave
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Hi Dave
What is the compressor needed for, drawbar?
Dave
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Hi Dave,
Draw bar and fog buster
It's a California Air Small unit about 4cfm, so a bit light for the fog buster...but it seems to be enough
60 dBa on the compressor!
Dave
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I would love to have one of their 60 gallon units with all the bells and whistles but they're big $$
Dave
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I would love to have one of their 60 gallon units with all the bells and whistles but they're big $$
Dave
The little one was 200 on Amazon!....Cheap enough!
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Air Compressor works great! And its quiet!
Dave
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I may have said this before :noidea:
:pics:
Jo
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And you we can't handle big video, and I'm told you can't see facebook video.....so... The marketing claim that it's 60 dBa....without a meter, I can't really confirm, but it sure is quiet!
The other thing is the spindle noise.....there really isn't any....I tooled up a part with a 3/16 drill in steel....ran the CAM in Fusion 360 , and hit cycle start ....slowing down the feeds and speeds just to be cautious....and I touched down and immediately watched the drill bit turn bright red....hit stop but got a glance at the rpm. 5300!.....just a touch fast for mild steel....missed it in the code, and my usual audible cue betrayed me this time.....LOL....oh well....I'll turn that rpm down in the code, and get a new drill bit
Dave