New Okuma Day

Mickey_D · Dec 7, 2013

The new Genos L200EM showed up Friday morning (my first lathe from this century!) on a rainy and windy 31 degree day. The truck driver said that he had a white knuckle drive, the riggers thought they were going to freeze, and I was worried about the ice that was building up on everything. The riggers (DFW out of Kyle) did a good job and we had the shop doors only open for only an hour so we did not totally freeze for the rest of the day.

The machine looks really nice, castings are beautiful, and despite being from Taiwan the fit and finish are as good as our Japanese 560. The machine came with a the presetter, conveyor, ethernet, a bunch of VDI holders (no live ones) and a Kitagawa chuck standard and I added the upgraded conversational and a parts catcher which are supposed to be in next week. With the end of the year discounts from Okuma it came out about 10K under the cost of a Haas ST-10 with the same options.

Mickey_D · Dec 7, 2013

Sorry for the picture quality, I think my camera got a little jacked up by moving in and out of the cold.

Mickey_D · Dec 7, 2013

More pics.

Jashley73 · Dec 7, 2013

Congratulations, and best of luck. I hope one day to own one of these myself. Have fun, and make lots of $$$

vwfullcup · Dec 7, 2013

awesome! I wish I would have got what you got instead of the bare bones one I got. Really could use live tooling on a few jobs I have...

IAMATT · Dec 8, 2013

10K less than a ST10 with the same options. And it has Okuma motors..impressive.

Mtndew · Dec 8, 2013

Awesome! Congrats! We're getting a new Okuma vmc and lathe in a week or so. Their prices have really come down in the last few years.

Hertz · Dec 8, 2013

Right on man. Congratulations. Looks awesome. Its been 8 years or so since I saw a new machine come into the shop but I remember how excited I was when it came. Started a new job to find out the new shop just bought 2 brand new machines (Mill and Lathe) last year, lol, so I may be waiting again.
Nice looking machine. Let us know how it performs.

doug925 · Dec 8, 2013

Nice new toy. You will LOVE the control!

Doug.

FYI, make SURE that the plastic protectant plastic sheeting is completely removed from the area around the Z axis timing pulley.
The Hartwig tech's missed some on my machine which was pulled into the timing pulley/ belt. It made a god awful noise, and really messed with the things until we sorted out.

Mickey_D · Dec 8, 2013

Thanks for the tip on the plastic, it seems to be on anything shiny inside the machine. I have a 200M on the mill and really like it, fast, easy to use, no memory limitations.

SND · Dec 8, 2013

Very nice.

cnctoolcat · Dec 8, 2013

10K less than a Haas, that's a no brainer! Very nice.

That looks like grease on the end of the main spindle motor pulley? (or is that a servo motor for the C-axis motion?) If so, all of it needs to be cleaned off before starting the spindle.

Mickey_D · Dec 8, 2013

cnctoolcat said:
That looks like grease on the end of the main spindle motor pulley? (or is that a servo motor for the C-axis motion?) If so, all of it needs to be cleaned off before starting the spindle.

They have everything that can rust well oiled and covered with stretch wrap and masking tape. Must have been 50 pounds of silica bags in the metal box and inside the machine, but there is no rust anywhere.

I was looking at a plain jane small lathe but Okuma had a really good special on the live tool (M, not the MY) machines and that will make some of the parts that I do a lot easier.

Tonytn36 · Dec 8, 2013

Yea, definitely take the panels off the back/ends of the machine and get all the stretch wrap off the shiny bits......

vwfullcup · Dec 8, 2013

There should be a paper taped to the door that shows exactly where all of the plastic wrapped parts are. on all the ballscrews, spindle outside and inside, on the motor itself, on the ways, etc... its all numbered.

Also the draw tube and tool holders are in the very back of the machine in the coolant tank, reach in from under the sheetmetal and pull it out

its hiding!

iMillJoe · Dec 8, 2013

Nice! I would have recommended something other than a VDI turret, but VDI tool holders are fairly easy to change out, thats one of the biggest hassles on a CNC lathe.

CBlair · Dec 8, 2013

The VDI turret is one of the things I didnt like about the captain lathe. It just didnt work for me as I was always changing tools out of the holders and the combined length of tool and holder ate up alot of the z axis room.

Charles

Mtndew · Dec 9, 2013

Mickey_D said:
Thanks for the tip on the plastic, it seems to be on anything shiny inside the machine. I have a 200M on the mill and really like it, fast, easy to use, no memory limitations.

That doesn't come with the 300L control?
The new Okumas we're getting have the 300 on them.
I can't wait!!! Big step up from my E100M wuhoo!

wrustle · Dec 9, 2013

Super nice machine Mickey! Hope to see some cool looking parts soon! Congratulations!

Best Regards,
Russ

Mickey_D · Dec 9, 2013

VDI is not my favorite but for the parts that are in now it should be fine. From what I have heard, most of the Genos machines in stock still have the 200 control, supposed to transition to the 300 next year.

Russ, I hope to get to make some cool looking parts one day, most of the stuff that I am doing now is rather mundane, but at least pays the rent. I do a lot of contacts, spring holders, spacers, winders, and stuff like that. I make cool looking mill parts, but the round stuff, not so exciting.

I am in Charlotte tonight and tomorrow for an Okuma shindig, supposed to have a lot of demos and partners in, figure that it will be a good time to see what all is available. Hell, I might even learn something.

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