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    Is this "air receiver" from NASA? WTF?

    So.... we have an old "air receiver" (so we thought) at a property and were going to sell, but this is getting odd. The tank is around 2500gal, the outside is certainly steel, but the inside spins this in a totally different way! This tank is decades old, and someone spent their life with...
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    FS: Matched pair of 630mm 2 side tombstones. Prefer to sell as a pair but whatev.

    These were used for one job, no damage, no crashes. If you have interested, please ONLY send a PM and do not reply in listing. Thanks.
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    Places to list used industrial/commercial equipment?

    I have several things on Egay and realizing the clicks on that stuff is next to nothing compared to how it was 10yrs ago. It leads me to believe that is not "the place" anymore. A couple listings should have been sold easily by now. Don't mention "list here". I don't care to have our stuff...
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    Is Mastercam still the right CAM for us??

    We have not updated in awhile. I think running X7, but we have other shops that stay with the latest and just not seeing much different? There for awhile, it seemed like MC basically fixed bugs and moving things around and call it new. Every time they change the interface, you have to go...
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    Vendors and pricing on6AL4V Ti?

    We really only have one vendor for Ti. I'd like to price shop a bit more. Sort of curious what others are paying for plate? Gr5. If you want to send a PM, I can understand. We are talking new, certified material, not reclaimed. Actually, we looked at some reclaimed but would have to...
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    Determine what machine this HMC pallet goes on?

    We have an HMC pallet in the warehouse and no clue which machine it was for. Wondering if there is possibly a site with the different configs? I realize many will say "just post a pic", but it would be important to have high confidence via measurements or something. As I recall, the...
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    Chemical steel brighteners?

    We would like to freshen up some steel tooling. No rust really, just dull and curious if there are any brighteners to minimize the task of sanding all the surfaces?
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    Any value in used 630mm tombstones and Kurt 10" vises?

    More or less seeing if these are common enough sizes in your area? Around here, I think HMC guys are either running 400/500 or on up to 800/1000. We have a pair of used but nice 2 side stones. Also have several Kurt 10" vises. They big. I don't see to many guys running them as usually...
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    Where does all the scrap go? How much those scrappers making?

    This became a hot point of discussion the other day among some large shop owners. The local scrappers do about anything to get your scrap, but where do they take it? Common sense says they are making a profit, but that profit is far from local. Trucking? Rail? Say a company is dumping they...
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    What to do with this vibratory tumbler......

    We have a large (approx 6ft diam) Hutson bowl type tumbler. Don't recall our investment but not much. Came from a friend who thinks they fried the drive motor and pulled it off line. I'm certain there is more going on though. We already have a smaller bowl type but wanted another to have...
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    Moving 30K lb machine with forklift on rock driveway.

    https://www.practicalmachinist.com/forum/threads/moving-a-30k-lb-machine-with-36k-fork-on-rock-driveway.418091/ Dang it! I forget there is a rigging forum here. I stuck my above thread in the CNC area. Prob should be here if anyone has input.
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    Moving a 30K lb machine with 36K fork, on rock driveway?

    Mostly asking for experience. I have decades in heavy moving but can't say I have tried to do this! We need to move one of our machines from someone else's facility where there is literally "crap" everywhere! Just getting to the machine is mentally exhausting. But there are limestone...
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    Ways to provide minimum heat to machines in storage for Winter?

    We will have to put a couple machines in quasi storage in a non-climate controlled building for the Winter months. I learned a very long time ago about our climate and machines can sweat and rust if not heated. It doesn't take much. I found that about 45-50F is good enough. We will probably...
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    Any value in huge air tank and compressor?

    We are clearing some space in a new facility and I guess it is hard to throw stuff to the scrap yard. On the menu to day is about a 1500gal, 300psi volume tank with at least a 4" outlet, several other ports, and set vertically on legs. She stands about 12ft tall and 5ft diam. We estimate the...
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    Prices to regrind 15ft lead screw?

    To be upfront, we dismantled a machine and trying only to assess the value of a few components. We have a perfectly good screw with nut for said machine, but I realize companies might compare any price to that for a recondition effort. It might also come down to lead time and shipping as well...
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    equipment age vs productivity and repairs?

    Been having this talk in the shop and want to get opinions. Some folks think 5yo iron is toast. I remain firm that "good iron can last forever", but the control systems are most certainly dated. So at what point or age do you feel you are out? We are a tier 2 aerospace co and our oldest is a...
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    Drilling thousands of small holes in HDPE "poly pipe"

    Figured it was worth a shot to see if you guys have ideas. We will be drilling around 3000 small holes in 1" poly pipe for drip irrigation purposes. This won't be a CNC operation, but looking for a way to make this go faster. But beyond speed right now, I am trying to select tooling that will...
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    Requal or recert tools inhouse for ISO/AS shop? Where to stop the madness?

    We had a customer's quality guy in recently that was asking all those prying questions like he works for the IRS. Basically we have certain tools and masters recertified by an accredited lab, and we use those tools to "qualify" other tools. For instance, we use certified gage blocks to...
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    Fanuc control side of Renishaw probing in older machine

    We have a mill with a 16M control and has been fitted with a Renishaw system via an OMM receiver and MI12 control unit. It was certainly in use before we got machine, but we did not get a probe head with it, and now trying to sort this stuff. I am not familiar with these older systems at all...
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    500mm HMC tombstone options.

    A DEEP subject here! Currently running stones that IMO are too small for our 500s, and have one vise per side, 4 sided. I know people will ask 'what kind of parts???'....Uh, we run anything from Nylon to Inconel and Ti, but mostly Aluminum. How precise? Our machines have scales and we like...

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