rollerman13
Plastic
- Joined
- Feb 1, 2017
Hello All,
Been awhile since I last posted. A lot has been going on with me since then. I've bitten the bullet and have leased a space and will soon be filling it up with machines as I embark on starting my own business. I've been working on a business model and plan the last 2 years as I waited out a non-compete and saved up the capital to do this. I've collected some equipment and kept it in storage over this time but I will be needing 3 lathes very soon. One of which may be this machine in question. Now, this machine is much older, and much cheaper than my initial plan called for, but part of me loves the prospect of this old Mori SL lathe. I've ran a couple of SLs circa year 2000 (this one obviously much older) and they were great machines - although we did have live tooling issues with an SL300 circa 1999. I never did get a chance to diagnose exactly what was the cause unfortunately... If someone makes the argument to go newer for whatever reason, I will listen. Machine will run about 2 hours of cycles/day, 5 days a week - to give you an idea of usage.
On to my actual question - thank you for reading, those of you who'll continue...
I am looking at an SL5-T with an 11TE control. I don't know year. My question is knowing that this machine has sat for two years, untouched with no power, am I in for a big surprise when powering back up this machine. I would think any batteries would've been drained and is it possible/likely parameters have been lost? IF so, due to the age of this machine would that present extraordinary problems in getting this back in running shape? The gentleman who has the machine does not seem to know much about it. Asking Price is sub $10K, machine has live tools - looks quite nice, including the ways.
The more I ramble on I am inclined to run away from this machine and deal for fear of the unknown. I'm not opposed to spending more and going newer, but am a sucker for Mori Seiki - I just don't have any experience going this far back.
Any thoughts would be appreciated, especially those regarding issues firing up a new machine that has sat two years (I've never had to do this).
Regards,
Rollerman13
edit: added note about no power
Been awhile since I last posted. A lot has been going on with me since then. I've bitten the bullet and have leased a space and will soon be filling it up with machines as I embark on starting my own business. I've been working on a business model and plan the last 2 years as I waited out a non-compete and saved up the capital to do this. I've collected some equipment and kept it in storage over this time but I will be needing 3 lathes very soon. One of which may be this machine in question. Now, this machine is much older, and much cheaper than my initial plan called for, but part of me loves the prospect of this old Mori SL lathe. I've ran a couple of SLs circa year 2000 (this one obviously much older) and they were great machines - although we did have live tooling issues with an SL300 circa 1999. I never did get a chance to diagnose exactly what was the cause unfortunately... If someone makes the argument to go newer for whatever reason, I will listen. Machine will run about 2 hours of cycles/day, 5 days a week - to give you an idea of usage.
On to my actual question - thank you for reading, those of you who'll continue...
I am looking at an SL5-T with an 11TE control. I don't know year. My question is knowing that this machine has sat for two years, untouched with no power, am I in for a big surprise when powering back up this machine. I would think any batteries would've been drained and is it possible/likely parameters have been lost? IF so, due to the age of this machine would that present extraordinary problems in getting this back in running shape? The gentleman who has the machine does not seem to know much about it. Asking Price is sub $10K, machine has live tools - looks quite nice, including the ways.
The more I ramble on I am inclined to run away from this machine and deal for fear of the unknown. I'm not opposed to spending more and going newer, but am a sucker for Mori Seiki - I just don't have any experience going this far back.
Any thoughts would be appreciated, especially those regarding issues firing up a new machine that has sat two years (I've never had to do this).
Regards,
Rollerman13
edit: added note about no power