On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:00:42 -0600, Wayne Cook
wrote:

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 07:56:48 GMT, Gunner
wrote:



Ayup..but I believe the Albene is Swedish..I could be wrong. I think
Wayne Cook also has one.

Yep. BTW the header has it right. It's Abene and it is from Sweden.

I have a customer that has a shop you can eat from the floor..and I
already asked about the minty minty minty Hardinge UM..and he says he
is taking it home for himself..the ******* G

They are spending some serious money loading up on CNC turning and
milling centers.upgrading and streamlining..and with luck..the Albene
will be "downsized"


I think you'll like it if you get it.


Anything to watch out for?

The little Clausing 8540 I have is a nice horizontal miller..but..its
not stout enough for a lot of the work I do..making blue chips is
easy..but they are pretty small blue chips. Shrug..

Ive got a K&T #2 and a ..hummm Vernon (biggest one Ive seen) available
from one of my clients for $500 each...likely able to trade for one of
them...but the Abene is such an odd looking and exquisitly wierd
beasty that its tickled my fancy for a long time. and I think the
Abene has a slightly smaller foot print than the #2 and frankly...Im
running out of shop space.

Something I thought Id never do. Hell....10 yrs ago..my idea of
machinining something was chucking it in a drill motor, holding it
between my knees and hitting it with a file while it was turning.

Odd how things turn out huh? Odd how much a motivated scrounger can
aquire once he gets a new jones/hobby....

Gunner



"A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them;
the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences."
- Proverbs 22:3