Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] scraping

I'll leave fixing those old machines to you guys with the desire to spend
the time doing it. :)

Still working on the Dream Machine...takes more time than fixing old
ones...but a lot more interesting to me!

I should be posting an update on the project around the end of the month at
the DreamMachine site.

Smoke

>Dear Smoke,
>I agree with you here. But what do you with an existing machine.
>My french lady has a travel of 1,2 meters and a bed of 1,3 meters. perfect

no

>trouble The day is its turn I will simply scrape it flat.
>But look at most standard # 2 mills they travel 80 cm and have a
>bed of only 60 cm. And often it is very thin without much material.
>
>As Jon says a Cincinnati like monster becomes extremely heavy.
>At one of my clients there are two #2 mills side by side. A nice english
>Beavermill and a Cincinnati the difference in weight is 2,5 to 1,8 tons and

a

>taiwanese BP copy perhaps only 1,3 tons.
>I like the Cincinnati because of its stiffness. But in all cases I prefer

the

>european design line for universal mills. Well its a question of taste and

what

>you grew
>up with you will always prefer.
>
>Not everybody has the luck to build his own Dreammachine like you.
>How far did you get?
>Good Luck
>Sven Peter
>