So some of you know already that I had come across a bunch of older Brown and Sharpes that were given to me to keep from the scrapyards. I ended up scrapping 5 of them at the time and saved 11 of them.
Of the 11 that I had stored in my shop, I only had time to get one of them wired up and running. No job on it yet but it has the lead cam and is tooled up for a 5/64 hex 00-90 nut (brass) at a 3.5 sec cycle time. I can have this job as soon as I get the time to get it dialed back in.
Of the 11 machines 3 of them were American made and wired for 208v. I can wire these ones right up to current busway. One of them has a collet open and close issue, already found problem and its easily fixed.
The rest of the machines were made in the UK, Plymouth. For the U.S. market (wired up for 460v/230).
Time is not on my side and these machine are/were taking up space. I called the scrap guy to take 6 of them and get them out of here. My dad was so butt hurt about seeing the machines get melted away that he got off his ass and found some storage spcace for them.
I came in to work this morning and I had my whole back room wide open (so much room for activities!). I have taken on lots of new work and I have 7-8 machines with dedicated jobs on them. I can run 2-3 machines at the same time without chips piling up too fast. I can easily triple-quadruple my workload if I had the ability to produce more.
I now have the space needed to bring in 2-3 cnc machines to compliment my Brownies. I put an ad up looking for a Hardinge GT 27 a few weeks back and I will be looking to get one in here promptly at this point.
Also needed in the near future is something to cover the 1.625" - 2.5" range. I am seeing 1.750" jobs that I just cant squeeze into my 2G's correctly. Most of my work is $40-$45 /hr. I dont need a machine that is way overkill for this reason. Just something that I can keep running longer hours.
My real need right now would be something I can put a magazine bar loader on, chip conveyor. Something that can be used as a 2nd op machine when needed. Possibly a 32mm Swiss would work (if cheap enough).
I am realizing now that I dont have much experience with shipping machinery either. I was hoping someone on the other end of the line would be familiar with it.
If anyone knows or has anything I might need feel free to get in touch.
-Dan
Of the 11 that I had stored in my shop, I only had time to get one of them wired up and running. No job on it yet but it has the lead cam and is tooled up for a 5/64 hex 00-90 nut (brass) at a 3.5 sec cycle time. I can have this job as soon as I get the time to get it dialed back in.
Of the 11 machines 3 of them were American made and wired for 208v. I can wire these ones right up to current busway. One of them has a collet open and close issue, already found problem and its easily fixed.
The rest of the machines were made in the UK, Plymouth. For the U.S. market (wired up for 460v/230).
Time is not on my side and these machine are/were taking up space. I called the scrap guy to take 6 of them and get them out of here. My dad was so butt hurt about seeing the machines get melted away that he got off his ass and found some storage spcace for them.
I came in to work this morning and I had my whole back room wide open (so much room for activities!). I have taken on lots of new work and I have 7-8 machines with dedicated jobs on them. I can run 2-3 machines at the same time without chips piling up too fast. I can easily triple-quadruple my workload if I had the ability to produce more.
I now have the space needed to bring in 2-3 cnc machines to compliment my Brownies. I put an ad up looking for a Hardinge GT 27 a few weeks back and I will be looking to get one in here promptly at this point.
Also needed in the near future is something to cover the 1.625" - 2.5" range. I am seeing 1.750" jobs that I just cant squeeze into my 2G's correctly. Most of my work is $40-$45 /hr. I dont need a machine that is way overkill for this reason. Just something that I can keep running longer hours.
My real need right now would be something I can put a magazine bar loader on, chip conveyor. Something that can be used as a 2nd op machine when needed. Possibly a 32mm Swiss would work (if cheap enough).
I am realizing now that I dont have much experience with shipping machinery either. I was hoping someone on the other end of the line would be familiar with it.
If anyone knows or has anything I might need feel free to get in touch.
-Dan