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« Reply #1845 on: August 25, 2021, 12:06:37 PM »
I'd hate to look at prices for their non "affordable" line...

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« Reply #1846 on: August 25, 2021, 01:04:04 PM »
Yeah, stuff is expensive. This mill should last 20 years.
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« Reply #1847 on: August 25, 2021, 02:47:07 PM »
Oh hell yeaah!
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« Reply #1848 on: August 27, 2021, 10:11:56 AM »
On a non machining related note, I just found out that one of my old employees has been diagnosed with ALS.

He worked for me part time in the evenings for a few years and was just a really great guy.  I don't remember how old he is but I would think mid-late 30's.  Maybe early 40's.  It just sucks and I'm a little sad about it.

Live your lives well, friends.  There are no guarantees of anything.
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« Reply #1849 on: August 27, 2021, 11:48:08 AM »
A cycling friend down here was recently diagnosed with ALS as well.  What a horrible disease.  George is a bit later on in life than your old employee, but to see the very rapid decline is scary.
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« Reply #1850 on: September 29, 2021, 10:14:47 AM »
New machine is on my floor awaiting installation.

The rigging took *a lot* longer than expected.

Rigging = open your wallet and it closes when it closes. This one will hit for $9500 when I was expecting 4-ish

Such is life...
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« Reply #1851 on: September 29, 2021, 06:03:36 PM »
2021-09-29_09-39-32 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

More pics to come. I hope. Flickr is not the easiest to get to cooperate and it's currently being an asshole.
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« Reply #1852 on: September 29, 2021, 06:13:43 PM »
2021-09-29_10-08-50 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

PXL_20210922_154002796 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

35,000 pound capacity with the counterweight extended
PXL_20210922_154031021 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

PXL_20210922_154135810 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr
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« Reply #1853 on: September 29, 2021, 06:23:33 PM »
A few days prior to removal was when we took the old machine offline. 10 gallons of hydraulic oil covers a decent amount of concrete.
2021-09-29_10-17-03 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

Loaded on the truck that will take it to the scrap yard.
2021-09-29_10-15-53 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

With the machine removed you can see the inside of the tool changer matrix. This is a rack that holds 154 tools in plastic pots. A two-axis robot shuttles around and pulls tools off the shelf and feeds them into the machine. After a tool change it takes the previous tool and stores it back on the rack.

Kind of a neat contraption and I always figured I would have trouble with it but I never did.
2021-09-29_10-16-17 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

Place looks a lot bigger with that machine gone. We spent a lot of time cleaning and decreasing that floor. When we were done it looked almost like new concrete.
2021-09-29_10-16-32 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr
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« Reply #1854 on: September 29, 2021, 06:32:56 PM »
Here's the new one being towed into place. That little yellow forklift is mine. They set the machine on skates. Two in the back and one in the front that is steerable via a t-bar. It is very slick how easy it is to move big things around when you have the right tools.
2021-09-29_10-23-54 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

2021-09-29_10-24-09 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

This new machine moves in such a high rapid rate that it must be lagged to the floor. I believe the acceleration is 1G. Threaded inserts are chemically anchored into the floor. Here you can see the foot that serves as a base for the anchor setup to clamp the machine to the ground.
2021-09-29_10-24-25 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

2021-09-29_10-24-42 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

2021-09-29_10-24-57 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

And here it sits in its new home. Currently waiting for a technician to come and finish the installation.
2021-09-29_10-25-11 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

A shot of the inside. It'll never be this clean again haha.
2021-09-29_10-25-40 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr

I grabbed a shot of the tool carousel since the door was open and it was accessible. Unlike the last machine that had the large capacity storage and matrix setup this one is just a 64 tool onboard chain. It stages whatever tool is next and the arm swaps that tool with the one in the spindle in about 1.5 seconds.
2021-09-29_10-25-56 by Kevin Ames, on Flickr
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« Reply #1855 on: September 29, 2021, 07:06:43 PM »
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« Reply #1856 on: October 02, 2021, 01:58:24 PM »
Thanks for arm-wrestling with Flickr - I'm glad you posted a lot of photos! I'd seen a few of these on FB, but this is a much better overview of how much was involved in out with the old, in with the new.
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