bryan_machine
Diamond
- Joined
- Jun 16, 2006
- Location
- Near Seattle
Well, obviously, a VF5SS.
Why this particular machine? It is the biggest travel machine I could fit in that space. Lots of folks have smaller machines that would fit there, and I could rearrange all manner of other things going on in the building, but lowest cost/aggravation for largest work envelope was a VF5. (All of the casting feet are on the pad.... Legal and workable space for electrical access.... and like that's it. This photo is taken with my back against the DMU60.)
This machine's mission is to scratch various itches - to be big enough, to hold enough tools, and hold enough different mundane fixturing, to remove aggravation from my life. Which will also reduce a lot of aggravating workholding change overs on the DMU60.
While there are certainly much larger machines, the procedure for cleaning blue-schmoo out of the machine does give a sense of scale (don't think this would work in a brother speedio, eh?)
Key options - 50 tool changer - because I often spend more time loading tools into the machine than running the job (typical batch is 1)
The spiffy difffy color touch screen pendant - which is V-E-R-Y N-I-C-E.
Pre-set for thru-spindle coolant so that CAN be added later (not on there now.)
Oh, and unbeckoned by me, it came with pneumatic assist doors - so one can open/close them manually, or with a button push. Clever, slick, though I wouldn't have paid extra for it...