Same thing I said when I got a lathe. Same with the drill press. Same with the plasma cutter. And the list goes on....Should have bought one years ago.
Probably will say the same if I am ever lucky enough to get a mill.
Same thing I said when I got a lathe. Same with the drill press. Same with the plasma cutter. And the list goes on....Should have bought one years ago.
Found a lightly used LMS 3990 on CL w/ stand, lots of tooling for 1k. It's better than nothing....lol.Same thing I said when I got a lathe. Same with the drill press. Same with the plasma cutter. And the list goes on....
Probably will say the same if I am ever lucky enough to get a mill.
Very nice. Congrats & enjoyPicked up this 9A a couple months ago after searching for over a year, supposedly came from a farm.
Came with most everything except the taper attachment. Believe it was made in 1958. Tweeked the chuck, tailstock, gibs and it holds .0003 cutting a 10" brass test bar.
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FYI, if you look on the bottom of the casting on the machined surface, you will see “SRD-100K” if the rest is for a 10K or “SRD-101N” if the rest is for a 9 inch.Oh, oh! Steady rest and collet draw bar.....
Me want same for 10K.
A friend of mine gave me a LMS 3990 just like the one you have. It was not working because it had a burned out cutting motor and the controller board was damaged due to the cutting motor shorting out. It also was upgraded to CNC but did not have a computer to control it but it did come with the stepper controller board which was in good condition. I sent out the controller board to be fixed and that cost me $150.00 and the new cutting motor cost me about $300.00. I built a computer and loaded Mach 3 on it and I got it up and working!!!! Whoooo Hoooo. All together I have about $600.00 invested into it.Found a lightly used LMS 3990 on CL w/ stand, lots of tooling for 1k. It's better than nothing....lol.
Just missed out on a Clausing 8530. Weight is the is limiting factor, as I have to get it in my basement otherwise I'd have a Bridgeport.
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Nice...How can you go wrong for free.! Is Mach 3 a variation of G code? I use to program / run a couple Tree VMCs at an old job, made the universal fixture in pic for prototypes.A friend of mine gave me a LMS 3990 just like the one you have. It was not working because it had a burned out cutting motor and the controller board was damaged due to the cutting motor shorting out. It also was upgraded to CNC but did not have a computer to control it but it did come with the stepper controller board which was in good condition. I sent out the controller board to be fixed and that cost me $150.00 and the new cutting motor cost me about $300.00. I built a computer and loaded Mach 3 on it and I got it up and working!!!! Whoooo Hoooo. All together I have about $600.00 invested into it.
Mach 3 is an inexpensive software package that runs G code to make cuts, drill holes Etc. Here is a link to a youtube video that gives an overview of what the Mach 3 software can do. You can download the software for free and it will run a small number of lines of G code for free! For a licensed version it runs about $179.00.Nice...How can you go wrong for free.! Is Mach 3 a variation of G code? I use to program / run a couple Tree VMCs at an old job, made the universal fixture in pic for prototypes.