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Posted by Vernon on September 27, 2008, 10:55 pm
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> As the other comments suggest, anyone approaching small scale machining
> should become familiar with manual machine operation first.
>
> There are good write-ups of EMCO combo machines in the archives of this
> newsgroup, and several other locations such as the Chaski 3in1 forum, and
> the CNC Zone forum.
>
> The capabilities of the EMCO combo machine will most likely enable a user=
to
> fabricate nearly all of the mechanical parts required to convert the mach=
ine
> to CNC.
> Locating the electrical and electronic assemblies shouldn't be difficult.
>
> The amount of information available for converting any common machine to =
CNC
> is very vast.
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> WB
> .........
> metalworking projectswww.kwagmire.com/metal_proj.html
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> > While I am fascinated by machining I have neither skill nor experience
> > as a machinist. =A0Therefore, I will appreciate your help.
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> > I am considering buying an Emco Compact 5 lathe with mill as a gift
> > for my son. =A0I don't know what generation the machine is. =A0However,
> > this is not a CNC capable machine.
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> > Will we regret not finding a machine that has the CNC capability? =A0Or
> > is this the appropriate place to start. =A0My son is studying chemistry
> > and has an inventor's genius.
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> > Thanks,
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By way of follow-up to everybody. I was the successful bidder for the
Emco Compact 5 lathe / mill. However, bidding was stiff and I was the
only guy too dumb and hard headed to give up. I don't even know if
it's complete with all the standard essential accessories. I will
travel to pick it up early next week and will report back.
I genuinely appreciate each and every one of you for sharing not only
your knowledge, but your enthusiasm.
Regards,
Vernon
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Posted by Winston on September 28, 2008, 1:39 am
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Vernon wrote:
> By way of follow-up to everybody. I was the successful bidder for the
> Emco Compact 5 lathe / mill. However, bidding was stiff and I was the
> only guy too dumb and hard headed to give up. I don't even know if
> it's complete with all the standard essential accessories. I will
> travel to pick it up early next week and will report back.
>
> I genuinely appreciate each and every one of you for sharing not only
> your knowledge, but your enthusiasm.
Excellent news, Vernon.
As DoN said, you and your son are more than welcome to
pop in and share your questions and comments with the
group.
Best regards
--Winston
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Posted by Vernon on September 28, 2008, 1:54 am
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> Vernon wrote:
> > By way of follow-up to everybody. =A0I was the successful bidder for th=
e
> > Emco Compact 5 lathe / mill. =A0However, bidding was stiff and I was th=
e
> > only guy too dumb and hard headed to give up. =A0I don't even know if
> > it's complete with all the standard essential accessories. =A0I will
> > travel to pick it up early next week and will report back.
>
> > I genuinely appreciate each and every one of you for sharing not only
> > your knowledge, but your enthusiasm.
>
> Excellent news, Vernon.
>
> As DoN said, you and your son are more than welcome to
> pop in and share your questions and comments with the
> group.
>
> Best regards
>
> --Winston
Thanks, Winston. I also bought an old bench mill last week. I
thought it was single phase but noooo. It's 3 phase. So now we're
looking into building or buying a phase converter. Also, your
collective wisdom about taking a machining course was well taken.
Next January my wife and I, and possibly both our sons, will enroll in
a junior college course on basic manual machining.
But until we get smart we hope to rely on yall with our dumb
questions.
Regards,
Vernon
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Posted by F. George McDuffee on September 28, 2008, 12:23 pm
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On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:54:24 -0700 (PDT), Vernon
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>So now we're
>looking into building or buying a phase converter.
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Everything considered, the low price and added flexibility of a
VFD [speed control] makes this option very attractive. You can
get units with either 110 or 220 single phase in and 3 phase 220
out.
I got my L100 Hitachi from:
http://www.driveswarehouse.com/Drives/AC+Drives/?gclid=CJPEsbnx_pUCFQOeFQod5UWXEw
http://www.driveswarehouse.com/Drives/AC+Drives/Micro+VFD/L100-007MFU.html
Seem to be good people to do business with.
Unka' George [George McDuffee]
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He that will not apply new remedies,
must expect new evils:
for Time is the greatest innovator: and
if Time, of course, alter things to the worse,
and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better,
what shall be the end?
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman.
Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).
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Posted by DoN. Nichols on September 28, 2008, 9:11 pm
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[ ... ]
> By way of follow-up to everybody. I was the successful bidder for the
> Emco Compact 5 lathe / mill. However, bidding was stiff and I was the
> only guy too dumb and hard headed to give up. I don't even know if
> it's complete with all the standard essential accessories. I will
> travel to pick it up early next week and will report back.
If this was eBay -- now that it is won, could you post the URL
(or preferably auction number) for the auction so we can take a look at
it? I could at least tell you something of what might be missing -- or
what you might want to look for. My experience is more with the CNC
version, but I've learned about a lot of the accessories in picking up
more things for my CNC lathe.
Not as sure of the Mill adaptor -- though I have one of the mill
heads on a separate X-Y base to make it a standalone mill. (The column
mounting bracket has the wrong screw pattern to fit the holes on the
back of the lathe bed, so I have never used it under CNC control.
Best of luck,
DoN.
--
(too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html
--- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero ---
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> should become familiar with manual machine operation first.
>
> There are good write-ups of EMCO combo machines in the archives of this
> newsgroup, and several other locations such as the Chaski 3in1 forum, and
> the CNC Zone forum.
>
> The capabilities of the EMCO combo machine will most likely enable a user=