CNCME?
Aluminum
- Joined
- Feb 23, 2008
- Location
- USA, South
Hi all,
I'm considering buying a Haas VF3 VMC made in 1993.
It's from a lab, was used for aluminum and plastic. ~2200 hours spindle movement time. Has had two operators in its lifetime, both were professional machinists. Visually, the machine looks as new. Still has almost all the original paint on the inside of the enclosure, table gleams with no damage evident, etc.
Has the following:
4th axis
5th axis
10k spindle
Gearbox
Renishaw Probe system
Coordinate Rotation and Scaling
Extra M codes
8 Mb memory - memory was upgraded 4 years ago, it got a new board at that time. They said they upgraded because they got tired of drip feeding and having to restart, etc. Meticulous mtc. log shows time before upgrade - adding that to the present time gives the 2200 hour number.
It has a CAT 40 spindle - no tooling (except the Renishaw probe).
She runs smooth and quiet and gives a mirror finish on aluminum with a big cut (sounds real good in the cut, too) at 70 ipm and 8900 rpm. Also runs nice and smooth at 10k, but didn't try a cut at that speed. The tool changer works just like I'd expect it to.
Price is $30,000. Seems like a great deal to me, but I've got Haas fever and swarf in my eyes.
What do you folks think?
How crazy am I for buying a machine this old? What are the practical machining disadvantages to this machine vs. a new or new-er one?
I'm considering buying a Haas VF3 VMC made in 1993.
It's from a lab, was used for aluminum and plastic. ~2200 hours spindle movement time. Has had two operators in its lifetime, both were professional machinists. Visually, the machine looks as new. Still has almost all the original paint on the inside of the enclosure, table gleams with no damage evident, etc.
Has the following:
4th axis
5th axis
10k spindle
Gearbox
Renishaw Probe system
Coordinate Rotation and Scaling
Extra M codes
8 Mb memory - memory was upgraded 4 years ago, it got a new board at that time. They said they upgraded because they got tired of drip feeding and having to restart, etc. Meticulous mtc. log shows time before upgrade - adding that to the present time gives the 2200 hour number.
It has a CAT 40 spindle - no tooling (except the Renishaw probe).
She runs smooth and quiet and gives a mirror finish on aluminum with a big cut (sounds real good in the cut, too) at 70 ipm and 8900 rpm. Also runs nice and smooth at 10k, but didn't try a cut at that speed. The tool changer works just like I'd expect it to.
Price is $30,000. Seems like a great deal to me, but I've got Haas fever and swarf in my eyes.
What do you folks think?
How crazy am I for buying a machine this old? What are the practical machining disadvantages to this machine vs. a new or new-er one?