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Quick update. One of our young engineer mentors found us a mill from a company going out of business. They sold us a working Kent USA 3HP 3ph 2-Axis CNC knee mill with working Accuride controller & servos, power drawbar, automatic one-shot oiler, two Kurt 6" vises, an 8" vise (monster) and a huge tool chest full of tools for the measly sum of $7,500 delivered to the school. Very exciting!
Three of us moved it into the classroom on Friday evening. The facilities manager moved it from the service yard where it was deliverd to near the classroom door and left us a pallet jack. We managed to get it through two 35" doorways with only partial disassembly of the X & Y servo mounts using the pallet jack, machine skates, toe jack and a large pry-bar.
We are sharing the mill with the engineering classes so it is in their work space. The robotics lab has no space for it so this works out for everyone.
Three of us moved it into the classroom on Friday evening. The facilities manager moved it from the service yard where it was deliverd to near the classroom door and left us a pallet jack. We managed to get it through two 35" doorways with only partial disassembly of the X & Y servo mounts using the pallet jack, machine skates, toe jack and a large pry-bar.
We are sharing the mill with the engineering classes so it is in their work space. The robotics lab has no space for it so this works out for everyone.
