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I did install Estlcam last night to play with a little bit, and it actually looks like it'll be more than adequate for my current intended purposes. I really won't need much more than "basic" right now while I get the machine set up and learn its quirks and all that. In a true "screw you" from the universe, everything extra I ordered to go with the machine is slated for delivery today. 65mm mount, Makita router, dust shoe, bit set, materials, etc. The machine itself? Monday! 
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Finally got a round tuit and made some progress on the MR-1! First stop was replacing the very dim boob light with some properly bright fixtures:  The Bean Machine™️ now has the Y rails on. We were going to put the X gantry on, but I definitely got a Friday kit. The holes weren’t tapped all the way through so we couldn’t mount the linear rails.    I’ve got another ticket in with support. I haven’t heard of other folks having this bad luck with the kit, so we’ll see what’s up. If the answer is “tap it yourself” I’ll see if they’ll send me another vise if I do it myself.
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A Fadal 4020 will fit in an 83.0” garage opening… …but will not fit in an 82.5” garage opening. I cut out the garage trim, but it fits! 
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Apr 21, 2024 03:18
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Super jealous of the FADAL.
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Apr 21, 2024 12:09
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Some Pinko Commie posted:Super jealous of the FADAL. Ty. It was a long move for the mill and surface grinder. Started at 8a, finished at 10:30pm. Lots of moving on skates on a floor with 20 years of oil and chips. It needs a fair amount of work to get up and running again, but I’ll post pics and story if thread wants em.
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Apr 21, 2024 17:59
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Definitely want that!
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Day 1: A Little Cleaning I have never been as exhausted as I was the day of that move. I don't know how riggers do that every day. I figured to start out I'd do a little cleaning as I hate the smell of old coolant (also old coolant nearly killed me, a story for later). The machine came with the chip pan drained but coated in 2" of chip muck, which instantly stunk up my garage, so cleaning that out was the first order of business. After some shoveling and a little washing, it still looked nasty and beaded water nbut hopefully it wouldnt stink up my garage.  It seemed all was well until I stood it up and saw this pinky sized hole in the chip pan.  Turns out the 2" of chip much was the only thing keeping coolant in the pan. A symptom of this hole we noticed when moving this machine, as the machine was glued tot he floor with old coolant. We figure this was due to spills and condensation over the past 20 years, I'm guessing its mostly due to this hole. Oh well, I'm probably not going to run a coolant tank anyway, just use a misting or MQL setup so I'll patch this up in a few days. I closed out day 1 by reinstalling the spindle fan and unpacking the various rigging equipment from my car.  Day 2: It Lives! I figured I'd see how far I can get today, so I reattached some wiring and the wire guide that was disconnected for the move, inspected the cabinets, and checked various oil levels. All of the oil levels are 0. Great. When checking the air oiler, I apparently managed to cut the O-Ring, so that now leaks significantly and the little pancake compressor I'm using just to get it running is not happy about this. Still, bigger fish to fry...  I wired it up...  ...and flipped on the American Rotary AD20 3 phase converter for the first time. I was pleasantly surprised that it was rather quiet. https://i.imgur.com/knDRqTq.mp4 I flipped the power and noticed no magic blue smoke! A good sign! I walked around front and saw The pendant wasn't on at all. I checked the cabinets and they were interlocked or had power, so it seemed like thing should be fine. Walking back to the screen I saw the "Video On/Off" switch and flipped it. Voila! It lives!!!! I recorded a little video of its very first jog. https://i.imgur.com/jdkA7hn.mp4 And thats where I am as of noon today. (Clarkson voice) Tomorrow: CFP reads a manual. A machine forgets where it is. And I shop on Amazon for an air compressor.
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