CNCBurnout
Plastic
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- Oct 6, 2017
So I found a 1989 Mazak QT10N with a 16 pocket ATC and T3 control, I inspected it earlier today at made an offer of 4k but told him I would have to get quotes for the electrical for my garage and rigging before we finalize anything. They powered up the machine, ran a small program on a .5" bar for me. Machine seems mechanical sound for the most part, biggest disappointment is that the C axis for the live tooling doesnt work. They showed me how it faults out, after activating the C axis and trying to jog it around it quickly throws up an alarm "SERVO LAG EXCESS C AXIS". They think the culprit is the motor that drives the C since that was the last thing they messed with before it stopped working. So they couldn't show me the live tooling so I am left to assume nothing with that works. Does any body here have any maintenance experience with live tooling on a mazak, how hard or worse "expensive" of a repair is this? Does come with a decent amount of the VDI tooling so thats nice.
Also trying to make sure I'm calculating all costs on this.
-Machine purchase
-rigging from existing shop to my garage 3 miles away
-RPC (whats a good brand that doesnt break the bank?)
-Hire electrical wizard to wire it up
-air compressor
-C axis issues (can be dealt with later i guess)
-Coolant
-Tooling!
I'm thinking 10k minimum is what it would take just to get this relic from the past to my garage and make the first chips.
Its a big decision for me to make this purchase for a start of a home shop so I welcome any input from you guys on this.
I took some photos but I can't get them to upload?
Also trying to make sure I'm calculating all costs on this.
-Machine purchase
-rigging from existing shop to my garage 3 miles away
-RPC (whats a good brand that doesnt break the bank?)
-Hire electrical wizard to wire it up
-air compressor
-C axis issues (can be dealt with later i guess)
-Coolant
-Tooling!
I'm thinking 10k minimum is what it would take just to get this relic from the past to my garage and make the first chips.
Its a big decision for me to make this purchase for a start of a home shop so I welcome any input from you guys on this.
I took some photos but I can't get them to upload?