joegore
Plastic
- Joined
- Oct 13, 2006
- Location
- Central CT
Hi,
My first post to this forum. Just found it yesterday. Looks like a valuable tool.
Anyway...I receintly aquired a Sodick wire machine (actually got it on ebay). Fortunatly I was able to get it going with some telephone support from Sodick. It is a 1986 vintage and I have been able to get it to push a .008 wire thru 1/2 inch AL plate at around .750 inches per min. I wonder how this compairs with modern machines.
My big question is the PC in the machine. It has a mid 80's NEC PC-9801 that serves as an interface between the internal machine computer and the world. It is currently running but I don't know for how long. Has anybody worked thru the computer upgrade on one of these machines and can give me some advice?
Joegore
My first post to this forum. Just found it yesterday. Looks like a valuable tool.
Anyway...I receintly aquired a Sodick wire machine (actually got it on ebay). Fortunatly I was able to get it going with some telephone support from Sodick. It is a 1986 vintage and I have been able to get it to push a .008 wire thru 1/2 inch AL plate at around .750 inches per min. I wonder how this compairs with modern machines.
My big question is the PC in the machine. It has a mid 80's NEC PC-9801 that serves as an interface between the internal machine computer and the world. It is currently running but I don't know for how long. Has anybody worked thru the computer upgrade on one of these machines and can give me some advice?
Joegore
