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Oh, MY! (Chevalier metal press)
I couldn't find any presses ever made by Chevalier/Falcon.
I could find EDMs, mills, VMCs, HMCs, surface grinders... but no presses. I took the 200-mile trip. Oh, MY! Wish me luck on the bid (I think [hope] I will get it). Actually, I think I will. It's a shop-clearing sealed-bid auction for a bunch of stuff that works, and one thing that doesn't. It's missing a motor. Nobody was bidding on anything broken, except me. Hell, they weren't even LOOKING at anything missing any parts. It's a Chevalier/Falcon FM-32HP CNC mill with an Anilam 3000 package hooked (all three axes) and with 3-axis contouring software, power drawbar, power quill feed, (of course) ball-screw drives all-round, all the scales, and a little surface rust on the table from being parked on the loading dock during a short rain. 3HP 3ph spindle, mechanically variable speed (not step pulleys), 10x50 with 16" ram, 18" knee, 5" quill travels. 3485lb of well made (Taiwanese) industrial-grade box-way knee mill. Will handle 948lb workpieces. $150.00 minimum bid (yeah, I got the decimal in the right place). I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Winner notified Friday morning. I might be CNC-ing it in five or six months. LLoyd |
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Oh, MY! (Chevalier metal press)
On 2009-01-01, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:
I couldn't find any presses ever made by Chevalier/Falcon. I could find EDMs, mills, VMCs, HMCs, surface grinders... but no presses. I took the 200-mile trip. Oh, MY! Wish me luck on the bid (I think [hope] I will get it). Actually, I think I will. It's a shop-clearing sealed-bid auction for a bunch of stuff that works, and one thing that doesn't. It's missing a motor. Nobody was bidding on anything broken, except me. Hell, they weren't even LOOKING at anything missing any parts. It's a Chevalier/Falcon FM-32HP CNC mill with an Anilam 3000 package hooked (all three axes) and with 3-axis contouring software, power drawbar, power quill feed, (of course) ball-screw drives all-round, all the scales, and a little surface rust on the table from being parked on the loading dock during a short rain. 3HP 3ph spindle, mechanically variable speed (not step pulleys), 10x50 with 16" ram, 18" knee, 5" quill travels. 3485lb of well made (Taiwanese) industrial-grade box-way knee mill. Will handle 948lb workpieces. $150.00 minimum bid (yeah, I got the decimal in the right place). I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Winner notified Friday morning. I might be CNC-ing it in five or six months. Seems to be an intentionally bady described semi-private deal for a buddy of the auctioneer. You may indeed get it. -- Due to extreme spam originating from Google Groups, and their inattention to spammers, I and many others block all articles originating from Google Groups. If you want your postings to be seen by more readers you will need to find a different means of posting on Usenet. http://improve-usenet.org/ |
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Oh, MY! (Chevalier metal press)
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:14:31 -0600, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote: I couldn't find any presses ever made by Chevalier/Falcon. I could find EDMs, mills, VMCs, HMCs, surface grinders... but no presses. I took the 200-mile trip. Oh, MY! Wish me luck on the bid (I think [hope] I will get it). Actually, I think I will. It's a shop-clearing sealed-bid auction for a bunch of stuff that works, and one thing that doesn't. It's missing a motor. Nobody was bidding on anything broken, except me. Hell, they weren't even LOOKING at anything missing any parts. It's a Chevalier/Falcon FM-32HP CNC mill with an Anilam 3000 package hooked (all three axes) and with 3-axis contouring software, power drawbar, power quill feed, (of course) ball-screw drives all-round, all the scales, and a little surface rust on the table from being parked on the loading dock during a short rain. 3HP 3ph spindle, mechanically variable speed (not step pulleys), 10x50 with 16" ram, 18" knee, 5" quill travels. 3485lb of well made (Taiwanese) industrial-grade box-way knee mill. Will handle 948lb workpieces. $150.00 minimum bid (yeah, I got the decimal in the right place). I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Winner notified Friday morning. I might be CNC-ing it in five or six months. LLoyd Which motor is it missing? Gunner "Upon Roosevelt's death in 1945, H. L. Mencken predicted in his diary that Roosevelt would be remembered as a great president, "maybe even alongside Washington and Lincoln," opining that Roosevelt "had every quality that morons esteem in their heroes."" |
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Oh, MY! (Chevalier metal press)
Gunner Asch fired this volley in
: Which motor is it missing? Gunner X-drive (left end of the table) LLoyd |
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Oh, MY! (Chevalier metal press)
On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:27:40 -0600, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote: Gunner Asch fired this volley in : Which motor is it missing? Gunner X-drive (left end of the table) LLoyd Find out what its supposed to be, and Ill pop into the network of friends/cronies/fellow malcreants. Thats actually a pretty nice mill. Gunner "Upon Roosevelt's death in 1945, H. L. Mencken predicted in his diary that Roosevelt would be remembered as a great president, "maybe even alongside Washington and Lincoln," opining that Roosevelt "had every quality that morons esteem in their heroes."" |
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Oh, MY! (Chevalier metal press)
Gunner Asch fired this volley in
: Find out what its supposed to be, and Ill pop into the network of friends/cronies/fellow malcreants. Thats actually a pretty nice mill. Thanks, man! Actually, I won't know if I won the bid until tomorrow, about noon. But I'll let you know. Yeah... I thought it was a pretty nice piece of kit, too! LLoyd |
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