Yeah read about a young chap with serious wrist injury from some swarf
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Yeah read about a young chap with serious wrist injury from some swarf
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Bogeyman
Where I did my time we had a monster planning machine. Table was about 8ft x 5 ft and stroked about 8 ft. I was finish facing some 8" wide stainless flat bar with a tool that had lots of top rake and about 3 thou curve on the face. The clapper box indexed about half an inch per stroke and the swarf was about 5/8" wide and about 5 thou thick, tapering to nothing at the edges. It was a curled up mess of 8 ft razor blade at the end of the bed.Originally Posted by F5 Dave
There was a cleaner there, not quite the full quid but he earned his keep. I told him to leave the mess and after lunch I'd get a fork or something to pick it up with. I came back 20 min later to find lots of blood. I followed the trail outside to find him in a mess, he'd picked up a piece and it'd taken the skin and muscle off the inside of all of his fingers.
I hadn't realised how compromised he was in that environment. Jeez I felt like shit.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
Kiwi gone Walkabout
2000 Chinese lathe,1984 model Rong Fu RF30 mill/drill purchased in 1985.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
We have a wrongfoo mill drill i bought 10 years back at work think rebadged chevpac to make it sound US. Saved me buying one for home.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Hardcore Biker
yea the ones with a scars or missing fingers or crunched hands...
you can tell someone not to do something but sometimes they don't listen...
Bogeyman
Custom and practice. It used to be standard practice to change speeds on a machine tool by flipping the flat belt from pulley to pulley. That's how most of the missing fingers were lost.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
Bogeyman
Nice work.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
Hardcore Punk
Very nice.
For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.Keep an open mind, just dont let your brains fall out.
Hardcore Biker
Talking of lathes - i am thinking of selling mine. It is a 195-somthing Colchester Chipmaster
It has a PDL Extravert VFD replacing the original Kobb variator variable speed drive (was an expensive piece of kit)
New in box 4 jaw chuck (never used). the 3 jaw is a bit worn - I was going to grind the jaws but never got around toit. has steadys and faceplate.
It has been a good machine,but I have inherited my late father in laws lathe.
Being British, it leaks oil.
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Semi-retired
My Grandfather in-law has given me his lathe which I cant pick up until 3 weeks time. It's currently at his sons house completely covered in junk and he cant get me a photo without a lot of digging....
He has emailed me the following:
My problem is google isn't helping me find anything other than CNC machines so far and apparently its NIIGATA not NIGATA?Hi , more lathe details
Its made by NIGATA Engineering Co Ltd, Tokyo, Japan
MODEL E MBL-30
TENSION 380V Hz
SERIEL No 5207
Niigata is a place name in Japan so I wonder if he has just read that off of it. I had a MAZAK lathe at my old work with YAMAZAKI on the bed as that is where it was cast.
Anyone know anything about these?
Forum whore
From "tension =380V" I'm guessing it might be three phase.
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
(PostalDave on ADVrider)
Semi-retired
Yes Def 3-phase, reading up on converting it to run on single phase at the moment, actually quite interesting stuff and doesnt need to be expensive either.
This ol fella does a good job of explaining it for home use type of application. 2 parts to the video.
Link to the book he refers to online as a .pdf file: (look for chapter3)
http://static.4shared.com/pdfjs/gene...1abcb1#page=33
Forum whore
It would be a lot easier to just buy a Variable frequency drive, single phase in 3 phase out. or fit a single phase motor
My neighbours diary says I have boundary issues
Semi-retired
Links?? Prices?? I'm open to ideas, but single income, mortgage, new baby etc im pretty poor right now.... cheaper favors easier right now...
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http://www.ebay.com/sch/Phase-Converters-/41952/i.html
That list has a few different options, I'd say dollar per kW your phase converters would be a better option than a VFD. I have the same or very similar VFD as listed half way down that page for my cnc mill, but I've never got around to integrating it with the controller so it is a bit of a rigmarole to start and stop; I'd assume the phase converter would be an easier out of the box solution.
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