Re: Minor OT post, looking for info on Egura LT-10

Hi Jon,

It's spelled Egur"o". Also known as a Japanese Hardinge.

I had an LT-10 for about 5 years. Incredible machine!!! I could bar
feed steel all day long and hold tenths on diameter. Unfortunately,
the previous owner had run it with water soluble coolant which played
havoc with all the micro-limit switches. Just like a Hardinge, it
should only use straight cutting oil.

Mine's been gone for at least 5 years now, but I might be able to
remember the peg board programming a little. Do you have all the
little plug/pins and jumper wires? After you do the programming
once, it becomes fairly obvious. I bet it'd come back to me if I
could see a picture of the pegboard.

Eguro has (had) a dealer in LA. I remember spending an hour on the
phone describing a problem I was having with the machine while the
technician made noises like he understood what I was saying. Turned
out he didn't understand a word of English.

You might check the Westec vendors. Eguro has had a booth there in
years past, only CNC's now, though. Check with Ellison Machinery,
they were dealers. I recall a guy in Santa Ana (I think) was running
quite a few.

Incidently, until a guy offered me a thousand bucks, I considered
converting mine to computer control. I intended to keep the
hydraulics, but operate the solenoid valves under computer control.

Doug

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Jon Anderson <janders@n...> wrote:
> Hope Bill doesn't whip me for an OT post, but I'm hunting for
something
> scarce and there's a lot of folks from all over the world here. I
have a
> chance to put an Egura LT-10 automatic lathe in my shop for
nothing, and
> use it for 5-6 months with the possibility of buying it. It will be
a
> piece of cake to CNC with my home made gang tool slide assy if I
end up
> buying it. (making this sorta on topic)
> But for now I need to find a manual for programming it which is
done in
> pegboard fashion.
> PLEASE reply direct to mailto:janders@n... if you have a
> manual available for sale or loan for brief study.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jon Anderson