Greetings,
New forum member with an Abene vhf-3, ser#3803, in central ny. The mill is in ok shape, but missing the overarm support and a proper drawbar. The drawbar turned out to be a piece of threaded rod. Cauls on the face of the spindle are a little dinged up, I suppose from not having the eject feature of a proper drawbar. I needed to "extract" the CAT40 tool holder firmly wedged in it (not fun). I imagine I will do a proper teardown once I have some kind of a gantry crane. I have a friend in Sweden poking around about parts, but I am not holding my breath. I have someone on the prowl for a quill head, but fully realize its like dreaming of the lottery. There was no coolant pump, but I have one that fits ok. I did make out pretty well with a box of nmtb 40 tooling. It made the price I paid sting a little less.
Other than advice on a source for parts (other than Abene), I have a question on whether or not a VFD makes sense for the feed motor. I have a 7.5hp RPC which should squeak by for the spindle motor, but was wondering if there is something to be gained by using a VFD for the feed motor. I'd need a VFD that reverses for the rapids (and rewire/bypass the switches/relays), but other than that, do you guys see a problem with that?
I'll take pictures soon,
Thanks,
W
New forum member with an Abene vhf-3, ser#3803, in central ny. The mill is in ok shape, but missing the overarm support and a proper drawbar. The drawbar turned out to be a piece of threaded rod. Cauls on the face of the spindle are a little dinged up, I suppose from not having the eject feature of a proper drawbar. I needed to "extract" the CAT40 tool holder firmly wedged in it (not fun). I imagine I will do a proper teardown once I have some kind of a gantry crane. I have a friend in Sweden poking around about parts, but I am not holding my breath. I have someone on the prowl for a quill head, but fully realize its like dreaming of the lottery. There was no coolant pump, but I have one that fits ok. I did make out pretty well with a box of nmtb 40 tooling. It made the price I paid sting a little less.
Other than advice on a source for parts (other than Abene), I have a question on whether or not a VFD makes sense for the feed motor. I have a 7.5hp RPC which should squeak by for the spindle motor, but was wondering if there is something to be gained by using a VFD for the feed motor. I'd need a VFD that reverses for the rapids (and rewire/bypass the switches/relays), but other than that, do you guys see a problem with that?
I'll take pictures soon,
Thanks,
W