Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] My Drill/Mill has arrived!!

But be very carefull if it is a hydraulic one.
Last year I banged on onto the head of a mecaincs.
Good Luck
Sven Peter

"Henry H. Armstrong" wrote:

> Hi CADMAN,
> I have used an engine hoist (cherry picker) to do just what you need. I set
> the head of a mill onto the post using the engine hoist. You can rent them
> very reasonably or maybe you can borrow one from your local high school auto
> class.
> Henry
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <cadman@...>
> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 8:23 AM
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] My Drill/Mill has arrived!!
>
> Got my ENCO Drill/Mill yesterday afternoon. It looks real nice. No
> rust anywhere. (That was a worry of mine) I'm quite overwhelmed right
> now. The weight is more than I can handle. I got the head off the
> machine with the help of a friend. We setup the stand and was able to
> put the base unit on top of it last night. Now with the base on the
> stand it places the top of the column about head high. This will make
> placing the head on it real hard.
>
> I'm going to use it manually for a little while before I design my
> servo motors to fit it. Right now I'm very confused on how I will
> ever fit it with ball screws. It's the y-axis screw that will be
> hard. Not from a design stand point, but because it's under the base
> and the pure weight of things make it impossible to just flip it over
> anytime I want to work on it.
>
> To all you guys out there who has added ball screws to your drill
> mill... How did you do it?
>
> Jeff aka CADMAN
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