whateg0
Aluminum
- Joined
- Mar 24, 2009
- Location
- Wichita, KS
Well, I haven't even made it home with my new to me 10ee. Gotta stop for the night, then I'll finish the drive tomorrow.
Buddy of mine, Bob, convinced me to consider the 10ee and now I have one in tow, #32573.
Here's what I know so far. The PO said that one day he went to use it and it wouldn't get up to speed. He had purchased another motor/generator and was willing to sell it, I think, but I wasn't interested. If it turns out that the existing motor/generator really is bad and will cost much to fix it, I intend to put a 3ph motor and VFD in it. Might do that anyway to avoid the noise.
No accessories. In fact, he seemed a little put off that I even asked. No steady or follow rests. The locking lever on the tail stock was broken when he got it so he made another.
The bed ways seem okay. I didn't have time to make a jig to check the wear before heading to Texas to get it, so I'll check that out when I get back home.
The cross slide ways look terrible. Bob says that's not uncommon, so I guess I won't lose much sleep over it - at least until I find out how much it'll cost to get it rectified.
It's missing the top half of the end cover, but the rest are all there. I'm guessing it got broken at some time and was just discarded. I'll probably think about replacing it when I get some of the other stuff taken care of, and again, when I think I have the money for it.
So, it's another project, which is just what I needed, but this project should make a bunch of other projects go faster than they would have, if I ever get to them.
I don't have any pics yet, so I'll get some posted when I get some taken.
Dave
Buddy of mine, Bob, convinced me to consider the 10ee and now I have one in tow, #32573.
Here's what I know so far. The PO said that one day he went to use it and it wouldn't get up to speed. He had purchased another motor/generator and was willing to sell it, I think, but I wasn't interested. If it turns out that the existing motor/generator really is bad and will cost much to fix it, I intend to put a 3ph motor and VFD in it. Might do that anyway to avoid the noise.
No accessories. In fact, he seemed a little put off that I even asked. No steady or follow rests. The locking lever on the tail stock was broken when he got it so he made another.
The bed ways seem okay. I didn't have time to make a jig to check the wear before heading to Texas to get it, so I'll check that out when I get back home.
The cross slide ways look terrible. Bob says that's not uncommon, so I guess I won't lose much sleep over it - at least until I find out how much it'll cost to get it rectified.
It's missing the top half of the end cover, but the rest are all there. I'm guessing it got broken at some time and was just discarded. I'll probably think about replacing it when I get some of the other stuff taken care of, and again, when I think I have the money for it.
So, it's another project, which is just what I needed, but this project should make a bunch of other projects go faster than they would have, if I ever get to them.
I don't have any pics yet, so I'll get some posted when I get some taken.
Dave