Went to the shop No1 for a smoke, watched the sad Mazak covered in dust, so gave it a bit of thought, for now.
Not sure when i will have time to go back to it, but i am getting close, hopefully.
I might:
-remove the Mesa 7i84 from the control panel and replace it with a 7i73, i have one
-i need more inputs for the foot pedals that open/close the chuck
-tidy up the wiring, do the power stuff as now there are 3 sockets powering everything
-program some interlocks to prevent moving the back parts if the toolhead is to low, prevent using round tools if the part is held on the back side (probably the first option will take care of this)
-program the panel buttons to go through those interlocks
-maybe paint it other colors?
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Yeah, i still need to find a hydraulic chuck for it, new was 7900 Euro a few years back, i can not afford that.
Finding a used one proved to damn hard, although i did find one once at something like 700 Euro (can not recall) and asked a friend to get it for me, but he did not !@#$%^&*()
I wish i could sent it to RotarySMP to have it cleaned properly, together with some toothbrushes!
