New (to me ) Machine Day

MacDaddy · Jan 28, 2016

Big day tomorrow. 2009 E650H Integrex being delivered to the door.
Excited like a kid heading to the 1st day of school.
Have never programmed or operated one so going to be challenged but looking forward to it.
Will post pics as we go.

MacDaddy · Jan 28, 2016

Some stuff got shipped ahead - big ol conveyor and the tower plus the tool changer and the chain. Hydraulic tanks and chillers - glad I'm not putting this puzzle together. :crazy:

Captdave · Jan 28, 2016

Good for you guys, love to see folks expanding their operations.

Philabuster · Jan 28, 2016

An E650H Integrex is one big ass machine! :eek:

Random youtube video showing this one demo machining a rear axle housing complete in one OP for a semi:

MacDaddy · Jan 29, 2016

Found out late yesterday afternoon that my new toy is held up at the border because our crack government wouldn't approve the necessary permits to allow the large load in. So now myself and the machine movers are on hold. :icon_bs:

MacDaddy · Feb 1, 2016

Waiting...patiently :toetap:

Gobo · Feb 2, 2016

We have four Integrexes, including one brand new Bartac. Love em. Awesome machines. Have fun and good luck.

Speedie · Feb 2, 2016

Integex...WHY OH WHY DO THEY DROP THE HEAD TO TOOLCHANGE. I can see that as a big bad idea.

MacDaddy · Feb 5, 2016

Finally !!!

MacDaddy · Feb 5, 2016

Buddy drives from California - spends a week at the border waiting for permits - gets 500ft from our building and gets pulled over by a city cop.
Tells the cop his story - cop says thats too bad - and issues him a ticket for not having the proper permit to drive big load on city streets.
Cops are dicks !

Philabuster · Feb 5, 2016

MacDaddy said:
Buddy drives from California - spends a week at the border waiting for permits - gets 500ft from our building and gets pulled over by a city cop.
Tells the cop his story - cop says thats too bad - and issues him a ticket for not having the proper permit to drive big load on city streets.
Cops are dicks !

Waited a week at the fkn boarder and still did not get enough permits? Sounds like a setup. :skep:

MacDaddy · Feb 5, 2016

Yup would have figured that would have all been part of the permit

MacDaddy · Feb 8, 2016

It was a long day Friday uncrating the monster but it at least got inside the building. Going to need a little varsol and a scrub brush to pretty it up but from the outset it looks to be in good shape. Ballscrew and ways look good - to my eye anyway.

wippin' boy · Feb 9, 2016

Philabuster said:
Waited a week at the fkn boarder and still did not get enough permits? Sounds like a setup.

sounds like a hauler that didn't know his job to me.

Edster · Feb 9, 2016

Thats one big @ss machine! Congrats!

ewlsey · Feb 9, 2016

wippin' boy said:
sounds like a hauler that didn't know his job to me.

Usually these guys use a 3rd party permitting company that is supposed to take care of all these details. They're notoriously unreliable and leave the drivers hanging like this all the time.

Of course, a permitted load is just a rolling cash register and everyone has their hand out. State, county, city, tollway, et al. Here in IL, anything over 120,000lbs is a "super load" and is basically impossible for mortals.

kustomizingkid · Feb 9, 2016

Impossible no... Just really reallllly expensive. A heavy haul friend got fined $35,000 for having three hoses that weren't on the permit. We are talking some suction hoses that go from a tank to a hydro pump. It was like $10k and change per item.

That is a massive machine!

MacDaddy · Feb 16, 2016

The puzzle is coming together...again...glad its not me.

Mike1974 · Feb 16, 2016

MacDaddy said:
The puzzle is coming together...again...glad its not me.

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What do you have planned for machine?? To echo everyone else - that is a monster!

MacDaddy · Feb 16, 2016

Our part is 110" long approx. with an od approx. 7 - 8" OD and 4.5-6" id.
The operation i need this unit for is to do 2 processes - 1 an outside feature with some profile milling and tapped holes. the other is a grooving/milling op in the end of the workpiece. All the work is done in about a 40" area and I was hoping to find a multi purpose machine with a 1)50 taper milling spindle 2) 60" working length 3)and this was the problem - a chuck with a 10" through bore that I could swallow up a large section to give a little rigidity to the setup rather than the whole thing suspended in air.
This machine came with 3 steadies which I thought would help a lot - however there is only 1 base in the machine. :angry:

Nonetheless, I'm still confident we can make something happen with this baby and once the boss see's that, it will be an easier sell to buy the new one I want - custom built.

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