Re: new mill

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Dennis Schmitz"
<denschmitz@...> wrote:

>
> I happened on what I think was a good buy. A Pratt and Whitney plant

was

> retooling and for $800 I acquired a Shizuoka AN-S CNC mill with Allen
> Bradley 8400B controller and DANA Summit Quickdraw Tool Changer. The

The AB-8400 is an excellent controller. We have one on a bedmill w/
24 tool changer here that is run day in and day out. You may have a
bit of a learning curve to use it, but the controller, as old as it
is, still surpasses any of the hobby class controllers. My
measurements are reliablility, throughput, diagnostics, and program
checkout capabilities.

We program it with Vector Cad-Cam, communicating via the rs-232 serial
port, and it is a very productive machine.

Fred Smith - IMService
http://www.cadcamcadcam.com/hobby