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Sunstrand Rigidmill....
- Thread starter Mark P.
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EmGo
Diamond
- Joined
- Apr 14, 2018
Don't trust the book. Last Sundstrand I had, book said 25,000. Truck stopped at the scales, was 32,000.
Luckily, he wasn't loaded with anything else at the time but could have been ugly.
If you want to see a monster, look at their VMC's ....
This one tipped the scales at 14K+. The truck they sent was rated for 7. Machine was a beast back in the day. It used to plow through some materials. In the end we were using it as a glorified drill press. Drilling M4x.7 holes along the outer diameter of a part. Worked great with the big rotary table we have. Just awkward with the spindle orientation.
EmGo
Diamond
- Joined
- Apr 14, 2018
You would think that people who want to make Linux CNC's or other home brew stuff would grab these old things and start there, instead of gluing some aluminum extrusions together
Milland
Diamond
- Joined
- Jul 6, 2006
- Location
- Hillsboro, New Hampshire
You would think that people who want to make Linux CNC's or other home brew stuff would grab these old things and start there, instead of gluing some aluminum extrusions together
It's difficult to get a Sunstrand into Mom's basement...
You would think that people who want to make Linux CNC's or other home brew stuff would grab these old things and start there, instead of gluing some aluminum extrusions together
If only they were given the opportunity ......
Just a little push needed
EmGo
Diamond
- Joined
- Apr 14, 2018
Just tip the forks forward, it'll make its own way in
You would think that people who want to make Linux CNC's or other home brew stuff would grab these old things and start there, instead of gluing some aluminum extrusions together
Speaking of Swissmak... what's the latest news? lol
SIP6A
Titanium
- Joined
- May 29, 2003
- Location
- Temperance, Michigan
Does anybody know the name of the engineer that designed this machine?
Milland
Diamond
- Joined
- Jul 6, 2006
- Location
- Hillsboro, New Hampshire
Just tip the forks forward, it'll make its own way in
"For a hundred dollars, I make my own hole!".
[I'm so old...]
John Garner
Titanium
- Joined
- Sep 1, 2004
- Location
- south SF Bay area, California
Pedantic old goat note: Sundstrand, with two Ds.
I prefer the silent D spelling. I identify it as nongenderspecificddroppingmachine
Their horizontals were better yet, to bad they had that limp noodle straight shank tool.
kinetiq
Aluminum
- Joined
- Nov 26, 2009
- Location
- Vancouver, BC, Canada
There are some machines listed on Alibaba now. Only 10x the original Kickstarter price lol. Those poor backers will never see anything.
Milland
Diamond
- Joined
- Jul 6, 2006
- Location
- Hillsboro, New Hampshire
Now I'm curious as to whether that really is him following through (sorta), or the tech was just taken and developed by the company now making them.
And yeah, it does suck for the original backers.
