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Posted by Nigel Eaton on September 6, 2008, 7:17 pm
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I've acquired a bloody great CNC machine. Realistically, it'll be a
wossname's age before I can get it fired up and working.
And I miss having a manual machine about to hack lumps of metal to death
with.
So.
I am toying with the idea of ordering this:
http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Machines-Accessories/Milling-Mach
ines/Model-X3-Small-Mill
I know there's a certain Cynical Trader who has worked with these blokes
before. I trust his judgement, so that's a major plus-point. And it's an
attractive offer they have on at present.
I'll happily pay for the "fettling" service, I'm time-poor at the
moment!
I have R8 tooling, and the idea of a "plug-and-play" machine is
appealing.
Any good reason not to do this?
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Nigel
When the only tools you have are a Matchmaker CNC Mill, a Colchester
and assorted other stuff, every problem looks like a steam engine.
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Posted by John S on September 6, 2008, 7:49 pm
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Wot can I tell you?
Plus points:-
Good value, quality is as good as is coming out of China at the
moment. Good point for a previous British bike owner is they don't
leak oil, mainly because they don't put any in. The prep service is
good mainly because I don't have anything to do with it. Service is
very fair to good depending on which way the wind is blowing, the
price of kippers and whether Ian got his leg over last night.
Bad points:-
Can be noisy at high revs but really immaterial for a previous British
bike owner, treat it as being stuck in third. On a scale of 1 to 10
compared with a Hardley Dangerous the X comes in at about 76.
Wot happened to the Taig and the Bridgy ?
John S.
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Posted by Nigel Eaton on September 6, 2008, 8:00 pm
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>Wot can I tell you?
>
>Plus points:-
>Good value, quality is as good as is coming out of China at the
>moment. Good point for a previous British bike owner is they don't
>leak oil, mainly because they don't put any in. The prep service is
>good mainly because I don't have anything to do with it. Service is
>very fair to good depending on which way the wind is blowing, the
>price of kippers and whether Ian got his leg over last night.
>
>Bad points:-
>Can be noisy at high revs but really immaterial for a previous British
>bike owner, treat it as being stuck in third. On a scale of 1 to 10
>compared with a Hardley Dangerous the X comes in at about 76.
<G> That's what I wanted to hear. And technically, I am not a *previous*
British bike owner. I have the Royal Oilfield, and an 850 Commando in
the stable at present. This may have something to do with my clinical
need for machine tools...
At least I'm on the path to redemption. I want a metric X3!
>Wot happened to the Taig and the Bridgy ?
Taig sold, Bridgie... gone.
I needed room for the aforementioned bloody great Matchmaker. Having got
that I keep looking at it, and thinking "That is *far* too bloody big.".
Its thirst for stupid amperage of 3-phase is a contributory factor.
I need to retire, is what I need to do. Problem is, I have a money habit
that needs maintaining...
I'll order an X3. Cheers John.
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Nigel
When the only tools you have are a Matchmaker CNC Mill, a Colchester
and assorted other stuff, every problem looks like a steam engine.
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Posted by John S on September 6, 2008, 8:12 pm
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> I needed room for the aforementioned bloody great Matchmaker. Having got
> that I keep looking at it, and thinking "That is *far* too bloody big.".
> Its thirst for stupid amperage of 3-phase is a contributory factor.
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> Nigel
>
> When the only tools you have are a Matchmaker CNC Mill, a Colchester
> and assorted other stuff, every problem looks like a steam engine.
Is the Matchmaker on steppers or servo?
If it's on steppers than look at it from two angles, or normal if
pissed.
One is the drive motor which will be three phase but this can be run
from an invertor putting it back to single phase supply.
Then the big box of magic tricks/ wires / sticky out bits / [ delete
as required ] when examined you will find only needs 240 volts to make
it whirl / smoke / throw things at next doors cat.
So no reason why it can't all run off 240 volt single phase quite
cheaply, especially if you have a street lamp post handy.
John S.
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Posted by Nigel Eaton on September 6, 2008, 8:16 pm
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>>
>> I needed room for the aforementioned bloody great Matchmaker. Having got
>> that I keep looking at it, and thinking "That is *far* too bloody big.".
>> Its thirst for stupid amperage of 3-phase is a contributory factor.
>>
>> Nigel
>>
>> When the only tools you have are a Matchmaker CNC Mill, a Colchester
>> and assorted other stuff, every problem looks like a steam engine.
>
>Is the Matchmaker on steppers or servo?
>
>If it's on steppers than look at it from two angles, or normal if
>pissed.
>One is the drive motor which will be three phase but this can be run
>from an invertor putting it back to single phase supply.
>
>Then the big box of magic tricks/ wires / sticky out bits / [ delete
>as required ] when examined you will find only needs 240 volts to make
>it whirl / smoke / throw things at next doors cat.
>So no reason why it can't all run off 240 volt single phase quite
>cheaply, especially if you have a street lamp post handy.
<hurries back in from stepladder up lamppost>
What? What?
I haven't really started to investigate yet. I suspect it'll end up
hooked up to a PC and some clever stuff.
Eventually.
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Nigel
When the only tools you have are a Matchmaker CNC Mill, a Colchester
and assorted other stuff, every problem looks like a steam engine.
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>Plus points:-
>Good value, quality is as good as is coming out of China at the
>moment. Good point for a previous British bike owner is they don't
>leak oil, mainly because they don't put any in. The prep service is
>good mainly because I don't have anything to do with it. Service is
>very fair to good depending on which way the wind is blowing, the
>price of kippers and whether Ian got his leg over last night.
>
>Bad points:-
>Can be noisy at high revs but really immaterial for a previous British
>bike owner, treat it as being stuck in third. On a scale of 1 to 10
>compared with a Hardley Dangerous the X comes in at about 76.