Re: Taig CNC mill

>
> It might be that I am mixed up. Emco is an Austrian machine factory and
> Enco is a US tool supplier. Am I right?
> The Austrian machine factory normally had its two lines I mentioned in the earlier
> post. At least until 5 years ago. I was supposed to maintain quite a few different
> machines for the local vocational institute. And remember vivid the set up I had to arrange
> 16 years ago in our University, because neither the Emco-instalation man nor the professors
> were able to get the thing working right. To that time I only knew how to turn manually.
> After 2 free afternoons the thing worked like a clock. Except: the chuck wouldn't close centrical.
> There was no hope to turn both ends of a piece. And no steel and even in Plastic or aluminium
> you couldn't make any heavy cut. The control panel and software to that time was top.
> But what helps a nice control on a bubble gum lathe?
>
> On the other hand I had references and bulletins on real industrial machines from these people
> that were always light green and were supposed to work perfect.
> Good Luck
> Sven Peter
>
> Alan Marconett KM6VV wrote:
>
> > Hi Sven
> >
> > I hadn't heard about yellow machines. My 5" Sears/compact 5 lathe is
> > black and gray! So which EMCO mill color is best? Any sources??
> >
> > Alan KM6VV
> >
> > "Sven Peter, TAD S.A." wrote:
> > >
> > > I had some experience with Austrian Emco maschines. They build two clases.
> > > The yellow ones are stricktly for traineeship and would serve only on plastics and
> > > Aluminium. Although they have nice controls.
> > > The green ones are industrial quality and work fine.
> > > Bye
> > > Sven Peter
> > >
> > > wanliker@... wrote:
> > >
> > > > In a message dated 2/14/01 11:52:14 AM Mountain Standard Time, KM6VV@...
> > > > writes:
> > > >
> > > > << I want a second mill, a "big brother" to the Sherline! I'd looked at
> > > > the EMCO FB-2, >>
> > > > I have the EMCO FB-2, and it is an extremely nice machine
> > > > bill
> >
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