Re: Hardinge Info

Joe,

I can add a little to what others have said. If that machine has a
split bed, as opposed to dovetail, it may not be so good a price.
Over the years I've had a couple of split bed Hardinges with turrets
which I bought for less than $600. The split beds are not near the
machine as the dovetail bed type.

Also, as to the drive..if it's stock Hardinge, it's most likely a 2
speed motor which is not dual voltage. I run one of my Hardinges off
a boost transformer from 220V.

If it has a Reeves type drive from the factory, the machine may be
one of type with a B&S collet instead of 5C. That's not good.

On the other hand, if the machine is a dovetail bed type, with cross
slide and tailstock, then it's a pretty good deal.

Doug

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, Joe Vicars <jvicars@c...> wrote:
> There are two of them and they are both 440 3 ph variable speed.
Looks like some kind of Reeves drive or similar.
> There is also an interesting set of control rods that go from the
electrical box to underneath the headstock. There is a switch
> that says "Grinder on/off"
> The electrical box looks pretty torn up.
> Weigh about 1000lbs. and are located in Columbus, IN.
>
> I thought about a CNC conversion. It would be fairly simple to fit
an external ball screw to the saddle.
>
>
>
> Jon Anderson wrote:
>
> > Joe,
> >
> > That's a 2nd op machine. With a turret tailstock one can perform
a fair
> > number of operations, but as it, it's largely a production lathe.
> > If you wanted to build up a bolt-on CNC slide setup, that'd be a
decent
> > platform to work off of. I'd love to find an inexpensive DV59 to
play
> > with, have all the parts to roll my own CNC slide setup.
> > My dad paid about $2400 for a 50's era model. If it's in good
clean
> > condition and has tooling, you just might consider buying it,
detailing
> > it, and reselling. A step pulley model in good condition ought to
be
> > worth a couple grand, a VS model can bring more.
> >
> > Jon
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