X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Cam-AntiVirus: no malware found X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ Message-ID: <1435872894.31269.7.camel@cam.ac.uk> Subject: [geda-user] OFFTOPIC: New toy... From: Peter Clifton To: geda-user Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2015 22:34:54 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.11-0ubuntu3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Hi All, Just thought I'd mention (as I know some other gEDA guys are also do metalwork as a hobby), but I just purchased a new toy.. a large CNC milling. The machine is of Ukrainian (+German) origin, and is a lovely piece of (heavy) engineering. I'm still in the process of preparing it for transport. (Read - unbolting anything that looks remotely heavy, and still within the realms of being a 2-man lift. (I need to shed about 1000kg from the plated weight so it can be forked onto a palette. I will probably be bugging anyone who'll listen about debugging thyristor based DC-servo drives any time now, as the machine has a dead spindle drive. (Also came with a spare, dead spindle drive which I can rob for any remaining working parts). If anyone is familiar with Indromat drives (in particular, the TRK 6, which is a six-pulse thyristor converter), I'd be greatful to hear from you! Kind regards, Peter -- Peter Clifton Clifton Electronics