02-18-2016, 12:13 AM
Here's the skinny on the milling machine.
I went to see the chap and its a genuine offer. However the one caveat is the machine must be out of its current location by Friday, but it is in one pig of a place for access. It must have been delivered in parts and assembled in place, there is no way it could have been delivered in one piece, this thing is huge! Also it is a 600V 3 phase machine meaning I will need to replace the motor and the wiring? There is no tooling that comes with it but there is a set of collets. So, although it maybe free it will still cost me quite a bit of money to make this happen so my question is, is it worth it? What would be reasonable costs to pay for it to be dumped at my door in bits. All thoughts gratefully received.
Here is all the info I could get, I swear this chap knows less than me about machines and that's saying something.
The machine is a Bridgeport textron. I don't know what model it is.
I did the physical checks that Darren suggested and it all seems OK from what I could tell, but I know nothing about milling machines. It looks like its been over painted and not very well at that and of course its covered in muck.
I couldn't turn it on as it has been disconnected, in fact the whole place was without power as it gets torn down on Monday to make way for offices.
Did I say it's huge!
I put out a few calls this afternoon to see how much it would cost for a company to dismantle and move it but at this short notice I was having difficulty finding anyone that was either willing or able to help me out. I'm still waiting to hear back from a couple of sources.
What do you say Gents!
Cheers
John
I went to see the chap and its a genuine offer. However the one caveat is the machine must be out of its current location by Friday, but it is in one pig of a place for access. It must have been delivered in parts and assembled in place, there is no way it could have been delivered in one piece, this thing is huge! Also it is a 600V 3 phase machine meaning I will need to replace the motor and the wiring? There is no tooling that comes with it but there is a set of collets. So, although it maybe free it will still cost me quite a bit of money to make this happen so my question is, is it worth it? What would be reasonable costs to pay for it to be dumped at my door in bits. All thoughts gratefully received.
Here is all the info I could get, I swear this chap knows less than me about machines and that's saying something.
The machine is a Bridgeport textron. I don't know what model it is.
I did the physical checks that Darren suggested and it all seems OK from what I could tell, but I know nothing about milling machines. It looks like its been over painted and not very well at that and of course its covered in muck.
I couldn't turn it on as it has been disconnected, in fact the whole place was without power as it gets torn down on Monday to make way for offices.
Did I say it's huge!
I put out a few calls this afternoon to see how much it would cost for a company to dismantle and move it but at this short notice I was having difficulty finding anyone that was either willing or able to help me out. I'm still waiting to hear back from a couple of sources.
What do you say Gents!
Cheers
John