Hey All,
I finally pulled the trigger on a mill. It's pretty unique as far as I can tell because there isn't a ton of info about them on the forums. It's basically a Taiwanese clone if the Shizuoka VHR-G combo mill.
Here is the ad: Sharp VH3
I just did the virtual handshake. The machine is fully functional, but has some minor issues:
- x-axis of the dro not reading (may just be a cable issue)
- slide covers that keep chips out of the y-axis saddle are broken
- finicky getting into some of the horizontal speeds, but they all work
- the rapid traverse lever doesn't engage, it almost does then starts to grind.
All seem fixable, and it really helps that Sharp still sells these machines new and makes parts for them. All the normal speeds and feeds work and it has a ton of cool features not typically on a traditional knee mill. They are also throwing in some NT40 and NT50 tooling.
Has anyone used one of these in the past and have any tips or tricks they care to share? There isn't a Shizuoka or Sharp subforum, so I want sure where to post.
The seller is a form making shop and they seemed pretty desperate to make space for newer, bigger machines. I talked the shop down in price and then they threw in a bridgeport mill with a CNC conversion, has all the servos, but the control box isn't functioning, for $500. Not sure if I'm going try to make the cnc work or just return it to manual.
So excited!
I finally pulled the trigger on a mill. It's pretty unique as far as I can tell because there isn't a ton of info about them on the forums. It's basically a Taiwanese clone if the Shizuoka VHR-G combo mill.
Here is the ad: Sharp VH3
I just did the virtual handshake. The machine is fully functional, but has some minor issues:
- x-axis of the dro not reading (may just be a cable issue)
- slide covers that keep chips out of the y-axis saddle are broken
- finicky getting into some of the horizontal speeds, but they all work
- the rapid traverse lever doesn't engage, it almost does then starts to grind.
All seem fixable, and it really helps that Sharp still sells these machines new and makes parts for them. All the normal speeds and feeds work and it has a ton of cool features not typically on a traditional knee mill. They are also throwing in some NT40 and NT50 tooling.
Has anyone used one of these in the past and have any tips or tricks they care to share? There isn't a Shizuoka or Sharp subforum, so I want sure where to post.
The seller is a form making shop and they seemed pretty desperate to make space for newer, bigger machines. I talked the shop down in price and then they threw in a bridgeport mill with a CNC conversion, has all the servos, but the control box isn't functioning, for $500. Not sure if I'm going try to make the cnc work or just return it to manual.
So excited!
