Re: Where to find CNC machines with dead controls?

I guess this is still on-topic. I found my shizuoka cnc with a bad
spindle drive and a fanuc 6MB control by contacting a local machinery
dealer and asking for precisely that. I was up front and said I am
looking for good iron with a bad control so that I can retrofit it
with a pc running emc. He had a bridgeport knee mill with servos and
a missing (bandit?) control, and the shizuoka with the 6MB and bad
spindle drive, both for the same price ($2500). I took the Shizuoka,
stripped out the 6MB and sold it for more than $2500 :-)

I didn't tell him that though, because I may want to get a lathe from
him one day. :-)

It seems the machinery dealers do not want to fool around with bad
controls if the replacement parts are going to eat into their
potential profit margin. Fanuc stuff is $$$ to replace, which is why
used Fanuc parts command such a high price.

Hope this gives you some encouragement.




--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Steven Ciciora
<sciciora@A...> wrote:

> Any suggestions on finding these bargains? I'm new to CNC, and

would

> love to be able to acquire some old iron at a resonable price.

Where

> should I start looking? I'd bet you don't usually see adds in the
> newspapers for this sort of thing. Should I just call all the shops
> in the Denver area?
>
> I just need to know where to hang out so I can be in the right place
> at the right time.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Steven Ciciora
>
> <snip>
> For less money you can
> >buy any number of older NC lathes with dead controls. Hardinge
> >HNC's are one example.
> <snip>
> >With the current state of the economy there're
> >some incredible bargains out there.
> >
> >My $.02 worth.
> >
> >Doug