Perry Harrington
Titanium
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2006
- Location
- Klamath Falls, Oregon
I'm looking at acquiring a business that has a 1996 VF-1 gear head and 1999 SL-20. I can't find any docs or info online about these vintage machines, so I was hoping someone here could answer some questions:
VF-1: Is the programmable coolant nozzle standard, or at least almost standard via wide optioning? The pictures I have don't show the spindle head.
Is the screen on this year a monochrome or color CRT? Anyone know the rapids for this?
I did some research on TSC, has anyone retrofitted TSC to one of these machines?
This machine appears to lack any chip evacuation, is this as simple as swapping in a conveyor, or are there significant sheet metal changes?
Are they really 7100lbs, and how tall are they? I may attempt to rig out the machines myself if it seems doable (they are in a home garage).
Any gotchas or things to look out for especially on this vintage of a VF-1?
On the SL-20, it has a 10pos VDI turret. I presume these were available with live tooling as an option, can this be retrofitted, or am I dreaming? Similar situation with chip control, is this just a "slide the chip pan out, slide the conveyor in" operation? Are these color or mono CRTs in this vintage?
Thanks for playing my 20 questions game.
VF-1: Is the programmable coolant nozzle standard, or at least almost standard via wide optioning? The pictures I have don't show the spindle head.
Is the screen on this year a monochrome or color CRT? Anyone know the rapids for this?
I did some research on TSC, has anyone retrofitted TSC to one of these machines?
This machine appears to lack any chip evacuation, is this as simple as swapping in a conveyor, or are there significant sheet metal changes?
Are they really 7100lbs, and how tall are they? I may attempt to rig out the machines myself if it seems doable (they are in a home garage).
Any gotchas or things to look out for especially on this vintage of a VF-1?
On the SL-20, it has a 10pos VDI turret. I presume these were available with live tooling as an option, can this be retrofitted, or am I dreaming? Similar situation with chip control, is this just a "slide the chip pan out, slide the conveyor in" operation? Are these color or mono CRTs in this vintage?
Thanks for playing my 20 questions game.