Re: The Cincinatti Cintimatic, or Free Heroin to machine tool junkies

The solution is obvious. You need to add on to your shop.

Marshall

----- Original Message -----
From: Brad Heuver <bheuver@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 8:36 AM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] The Cincinatti Cintimatic, or Free Heroin to
machine tool junkies


> From: "Brad Heuver" <bheuver@...>
>
> I just wanted to let you in on the thoughts rumbling round over here.
> One of my fellow metal working club members is giving away, FREE, a
> Cintimatic Vertical bed mill! It was an NC machine equipped with Bandit
> controls, which have since died, and been sold. So whats left is this
> 10,500 lb bed mill thats all ready for a CNC retrofit. The problem is,
> 1) it weighs 10,500 lbs. 2) My shop is 25ft x 30ft, and usually has to
> store my 1967 Mustang as well as the wood and metal tools. The mill
> needs about a 6ft x 7ft footprint, and an 8ft x 10 ft working area for
> table travel (20inches x 40 inches) plus working space. Thats nearly 1/3
> of the entire shop! It has a 3hp 220V 3 phase motor, which will run just
> fine on my phase convertor, so thats not a problem. It would cost about
> the same to convert to CNC as my old 1960 B'port, as it has ball screws,
> where the B'port to be converted.
> Help! I can't think of any good reason why I need a machine of this
> size, but I still WANT IT. The rationalization process is starting, and
> I'm really trying to keep logic involved here. So, tell me all the bad
> things about converting a Cintimatic to CNC. (I've got emc running...)
> Alas, if the machine is not claimed in a month or so, it becomes scrap
> iron.
>
> Brad Heuver
> Mechanical Sub-Systems fax 734-523-6052
> 734-52-33480 bheuver@...
>
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