"Joseph Gwinn" wrote in message
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"Ed Huntress" wrote:

"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
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On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:47:42 -0500, Ned Simmons
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Hmm. Is that right? I thought Hardinges had the classic
two-bearing-front,
floating rear setup. But I don't know for sure. Maybe Gunner would
know.

It's as I've described. I've been in there and have a picture here in
front of me.


Very early Hardinges had the 2 bearing front..1940s-early 50s
vintage..but since the late 50s..all have been as Ned said.

Thats for manual and microswitch automatics.

Gunner

Thanks, Gunner. It's not that I don't believe Ned, it's just that I
*know*
I've seen that two-bearing arrangement on drawings of Hardinge spindles.
I
guess it was just the old ones.

Now Ned has me going. g I'm not going to be happy until I figure out
what
they're doing with a spindle that contains preloaded bearings at each
end.
Something is unusual here. I just called Hardinge; all of my old contacts
are either dead or retired. d8-( (Hardinge was once my client.)

Google on their names? Perhaps they are alive, but bored, and need to
find RCM.

Joe Gwinn

One now works in an unrelated industry, and was the sales manager. Another
is retired in Elmira; I spoke to him last summer -- he's occupied with other
interests. g Of the two tech guys I knew, one passed away and the other I
haven't spoken to for over 20 years, so it would be a little awkward.

Hardinge has had some rough times. I was doing some research (not
engineering) for them a little over two years ago, and not one of the people
I talked to then is still there.

I think we can find out what we need to know without them; I'm not
encouraged by the response of the service (dispatcher, I guess), who made it
pretty clear that no one there would know about the old machines. That work
probably has been taken up by third-party service organizations. Maybe
Gunner knows who that would be.

BTW, I didn't try the parts department, because I'm guessing that they know
parts numbers but not much about the engineering involved.

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Ed Huntress