ihavenofish
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Jul 23, 2011
- Location
- toronto
so, ive been looking for a restoration candidate on the cheap local to me here in canada. ive searched the net for the typical mh600's and fp4, and tos machines. found an fp4nc for $5900, a huge 50 taper non cnc tos fgs40 for under $4000.
today though, i found 2 machines id never heard of, and which seem to have many redeeming qualities.
1st up is the mc600. its a horizontal only maho thats got a massive toolchanger carousel, a fairly fast 4000rpm spindle for an 1982 machine, and a rotary table with a pallet (though no pallet changer). its claimed to be in good working order, but looks like it was hit by a bomb! its very cheap though. it has a philips 432 control.
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a browse of the web yield virtually zero info on either of these machines. i should be able to see the mc5hs in person soon if i can find the time. the other one is too far away.
so, does anyone know anything about these machines? are they a good candidate to refurb? they way im looking at it is i could remove all the philips control parts and ebay them for almost the price of the machine, and retrofit a more modern control. what id like to end up with is a machine thats reasonably accurate with a tool changer and moderately fast.
thanks
today though, i found 2 machines id never heard of, and which seem to have many redeeming qualities.
1st up is the mc600. its a horizontal only maho thats got a massive toolchanger carousel, a fairly fast 4000rpm spindle for an 1982 machine, and a rotary table with a pallet (though no pallet changer). its claimed to be in good working order, but looks like it was hit by a bomb! its very cheap though. it has a philips 432 control.
(paragraph deleted... MINE!)
a browse of the web yield virtually zero info on either of these machines. i should be able to see the mc5hs in person soon if i can find the time. the other one is too far away.
so, does anyone know anything about these machines? are they a good candidate to refurb? they way im looking at it is i could remove all the philips control parts and ebay them for almost the price of the machine, and retrofit a more modern control. what id like to end up with is a machine thats reasonably accurate with a tool changer and moderately fast.
thanks
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