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My Lathe Dro Just Arrived.
- Thread starter NCjeeper
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Beautiful well kept machine! Except, something is wrong..... It's just TOO clean, I mean you do use it, don't you?
IS THIS PICTURE ANY BETTER ? THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN I GOT IT HOME
THIS MAXIMAT WAS BOUGHT NEW BY AN IBM LAB IN 1990 . THEY DIDN'T USE IT MUCH .
THEY ORDERED IT WITH ALMOST EVERY OPTION AND WITH A 120v SINGLE PHASE MOTOR !
MY DEPARTMENT GOT IT FOR FREE FROM SURPLUS BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ROOM FOR IT IN THE SHOP .
SO IT SAT IN STORAGE FOR 6 YEARS . MY SHOP WAS CLOSED IN SEPTEMBER & I WAS LAID OFF .
ALL THE EQUIPMENT WAS SOLD AS A PACKAGE DEAL TO A FRIEND OF MINE , WHO PASSED THE
LATHE ON TO ME . IT GETS USED A LOT MORE NOW BUT IT ALSO GETS CLEANED .
IS THIS PICTURE ANY BETTER ? THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN I GOT IT HOME
THIS MAXIMAT WAS BOUGHT NEW BY AN IBM LAB IN 1990 . THEY DIDN'T USE IT MUCH .
THEY ORDERED IT WITH ALMOST EVERY OPTION AND WITH A 120v SINGLE PHASE MOTOR !
MY DEPARTMENT GOT IT FOR FREE FROM SURPLUS BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ROOM FOR IT IN THE SHOP .
SO IT SAT IN STORAGE FOR 6 YEARS . MY SHOP WAS CLOSED IN SEPTEMBER & I WAS LAID OFF .
ALL THE EQUIPMENT WAS SOLD AS A PACKAGE DEAL TO A FRIEND OF MINE , WHO PASSED THE
LATHE ON TO ME . IT GETS USED A LOT MORE NOW BUT IT ALSO GETS CLEANED .
Since I got snowed in today and couldn't get to work I got in the shop and worked on the install. I got one scale finally mounted.
HERE IS HOW I MOUNTED MY Z SCALE . THE CABLES FLEX AS THEY RUN THROUGH A TRACK .
IT GOES DOWN TOWARDS THE TAILSTOCK AND THEN BACK AGAIN .
THE IDEA WAS TO HAVE THEM CONTAINED AND OUT OF THE WAY OF STRINGY CHIPS .
HERE IS HOW I MOUNTED MY Z SCALE . THE CABLES FLEX AS THEY RUN THROUGH A TRACK .
IT GOES DOWN TOWARDS THE TAILSTOCK AND THEN BACK AGAIN .
THE IDEA WAS TO HAVE THEM CONTAINED AND OUT OF THE WAY OF STRINGY CHIPS .