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Early Hardinge HLV for sale - central Texas
It has gone to a new home. Forgot to update.- Mickey_D
- Post #4
- Forum: Machinery for Sale or Wanted
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Brown & Sharpe No. 2 Universal Light Type
Damn, I have been looking for a universal kitted like that for about three years now. Wish it was closer but 1400 miles each way is a bit much.- Mickey_D
- Post #4
- Forum: Machinery for Sale or Wanted
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Brother TC-S2DN-O price
I also have an LNS conveyor and believe it stands for "Loads No Shit". Mine dumps as many chips into the coolant tank as it does into the chip drum. It is so bad that it has been sitting next to the machine now for about ten years and we just shovel them out of the old chip pan. I would have...- Mickey_D
- Post #7
- Forum: CNC Machining
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VMC Purchase Input (sub $100k budget)
I have 3 40 tapers and one 30 taper Brother. I try to keep a mix of work in that keeps everything as full. Normally run primary ops on the 40 taper machines and use the Brother for either second ops or short time cycle parts. I drill about 750,000 high precision holes and ream about 175,000 of...- Mickey_D
- Post #74
- Forum: CNC Machining
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Steelnow out of Houston
Come on, Trident only screws up some of the orders, not all of them.- Mickey_D
- Post #15
- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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Steelnow out of Houston
I do 95% aluminum and get most of it from Trident (3 runs to Austin a week from Dallas). Just got a 2" stick of 303 from them and have bought a decent amount of 4140 round in the past too. Farmers Copper also carries a little steel but mostly nonferrous. During one of the oil booms I had good...- Mickey_D
- Post #13
- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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Early Hardinge HLV for sale - central Texas
Hardinge HLV For Sale - Central Texas. Early English built HLV converted to VFD drive and runs off of 220 volts (like a dryer or welder plug). Has the original taper attachment but no foot, 5C collet closer and a 3 jaw chuck. Also have the 4 way tool post for it. The good - it runs smoothly...- Mickey_D
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- Forum: Machinery for Sale or Wanted
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HLV Value?
I have an HLV and an HLV-H and a Taiwan clone and they are all very nice machines. I think the wider bed and beefier headstock on the H models makes it a tiny bit more rigid but it might be my imagination. There are not many lathes that compare to a Hardinge and it will be a pleasure for you...- Mickey_D
- Post #15
- Forum: Bridgeport / Hardinge and USA Light Iron
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Help me decide: Speedio S5/700 or Doosan DNM4500
I have two Okuma 560s, a Hardinge 480 APC, and a Brother S500X1. I do low volume production work (aluminum parts 50 - 1000) and each machine has it's place. Nothing in my shop beats the Okumas for removing material and giving a great finish and tight tolerances and a lot of table space for a...- Mickey_D
- Post #17
- Forum: CNC Machining
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Liquid Ice coolant
i used it about 15 years ago. At first it worked well but really irritated my skin and then they reformulated it and it started eating the paint and way wipers in my machine. Run away. Using Qualichem 251C now and it gives terrific tool life but will go stinky over a long weekend for me...- Mickey_D
- Post #9
- Forum: CNC Machining
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Thoughts on Quaser Verticals
If you can live without side doors for super long parts look at the Okuma 560s. Okuma can get very aggressive on pricing and beat Doosan, Mazak, Makino, and Haas was only a little bit cheaper on the last one I bought. Our Okumas run about 40 hours a week and do everything from tiny aluminum...- Mickey_D
- Post #20
- Forum: CNC Machining
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automatic band saw levelers or blocks
I bought an older HA250W a couple of years ago to use as a backup saw and it came mounted on a 4x4x3/16" wall square tubing framework that raises it up 12". Unfortunately I got sidetracked on other stuff and never touched it and our Hyd-Mech shit the bed over the Christmas holidays and I had to...- Mickey_D
- Post #9
- Forum: CNC Machining
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Ellison Rant.......can't deliver on getting a new lathe up and running.
From my experience LNS stands for Load No Stock, and that includes chips.- Mickey_D
- Post #10
- Forum: CNC Machining
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Why do people dislike BobCad
Tried it with one of their super secret 90% off blow-out sale and it was very unstable and would randomly rapid on leadins. Ended up doing a credit card charge back after they did not want to do a refund. Went to MecSoft Visualmill and have been very happy with it. A guy who worked for me... -
Aluminum Pricing and Availability
Ended up buying about 45,000 pounds of 6061 in 22. Price was over $4 for most of the year but it started dropping in October and bottomed at $3.20 a pound but is creeping back up. Availability is better but it seems like demand (what I see on the delivery trucks) is down a lot. Guess this is...- Mickey_D
- Post #25
- Forum: CNC Machining