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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Yet another Retrofit. Hardinge HXL-S

« on: October 21, 2009, 02:07:08 PM »

Very very cool video Wayne!! Congratulations and job well done!

Just realized it's been almost a year to the day when I was last in here Been trying to get hold of you!

I finally got the maintenance manual onto a zip drive and tried emailing to you some time ago. Not sure why, but it wouldn't go.

I am at the point where I am ready to start parting my machine out. I just don't have the skills to work on the electronics. It's sat, untouched, for a year now and is taking up valuable space! I'll be putting it on Ebay again soon, but don't have high hopes. It went unoticed in the Practical Machinist

If you're interested in anything, send me a wish list. Shipping could be an issue, though LOL

Hope all is well with you and thanks for sharing the video!

Mark

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Yet another Retrofit. Hardinge HXL-S

« on: October 10, 2008, 11:21:20 PM »

LOL Very cool Wayne! Not only are you inspiring me, but you're making me jealous! LOL Looks great!

I will set about scanning that info for you, will take a while so be patient

Great videography! Thanks for sharing

Mark

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Yet another Retrofit. Hardinge HXL-S

« on: October 10, 2008, 11:10:39 AM »

Thank you very much Wayne. You've already inspried me to get back to work on it. Mine, too, was run with cutting oil, hence everything being in excellent condition. And you're right, I went with this for it's footprint size, too. I just need to figure out where to get started (and will reread all your valuable information a few times). I will definitely be picking your brain Thank you for the offer.

I know it'll definitely be worthwhile in the end. I changed jobs recently and haven't had a lot of time to play with it, but that's changing now

I just sent you a list of manuals I have. Hope they can help in some small way.

Mark

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Yet another Retrofit. Hardinge HXL-S

« on: October 10, 2008, 08:25:57 AM »

Wow. Just got done rereading the entire thread. I am exhausted just from reading LOL

Absolutely incredible work Wayne. My head is spinning as I don't have a lot of experience in the electrical end of things, though I'm learning from trying to keep 20-25 year old machines running.

My HXL is down right now with a spindle drive problem. A friend of Hood's (waving hi to Hood! man it's been a while, I hope things are well with you!) is trying to help me trouble shoot it long distance. It's been difficult with my lack of expertise. I am wondering if I could just bypass all the original electronics with a retro-fit. The iron is in excellent condition, as are the axis drive motors, and the spindle motor itself. It's just the electronics that keep breaking down.

I absolutely loved the surgery you did on the pickup for the tool changer. You, sir, are a craftsman!

I'll be in the shop today and will get you a list of all the manuals I have, which is fairly comprehensive.

On a side note, I have a Wells Index CNC mill run by an oooold Sharnoa controller. Been keeping that going with minor tweaks here and there, too. A prime candidate for a retrofit. Again, the iron is in excellent condition.

Mark

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Yet another Retrofit. Hardinge HXL-S

« on: October 09, 2008, 09:15:07 AM »

Bravo Wayne! Looking VERY good and gives me faith in mine! Just here to let you know the link worked, thank you for sending. Can't wait to start reading from the beginning again

Mark

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Just got a lathe to retrofit

« on: November 30, 2007, 10:56:02 PM »

Good lord... another Mark??

Hey Hood! Just poppin in to say hi! I look forward to doing it in person again! Hope things are well with you! Nice work on the lathe! I am trying Mark's patience as he is trying to help me troubleshoot the old HXL. Keep up the good work and hi to the pup for me!

Mark

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: And another Hardinge HXL retro fit - by a newbie :)

« on: February 13, 2007, 01:44:54 PM »

Good news and bad news

Hey all, been a while since I was able to pop in here.

The good news is that I stumbled across an auction on ebay where a guy was parting out an old HXL. I picked up the entire computer (with all 18 boards intact), a tail stock, the tool turret, and a bunch of other small pieces for $650. I started swapping out boards and found 3 questionable. She's up and running again

Bad news is that it's going to be a while (again) before I learn how to retrofit! I know that in itself is goodnews/bad news, but I was kinda looking forward to it

Mark

Hood, if you're reading, my flight plans to England are set and I will be contacting you to get contact info

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: And another Hardinge HXL retro fit - by a newbie :)

« on: January 10, 2007, 09:08:39 AM »

Very cool video Brian. Thanks for sharing. Give my congrats to Roo.

Now, what's a Galil? I know they make very cool rifles, but CNC.....?

Mark <who hopes to be able to share a video of his machine sometime soon>

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: And another Hardinge HXL retro fit - by a newbie :)

« on: January 09, 2007, 07:51:08 PM »

OK, let's try this:

Here are the transformers:



Tool Turret and Collet Nose:



LED Panel:



Incoming Power:



Incoming Power (lower)



Front Panel and Collet Closer:



Computer Boards:



Cross SLide and Tool Turret:



These have been down sized to save bandwidth. If they are too big or too many, please feel free to delete. I have the full size pics if anyone wants or needs.

Mark

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: And another Hardinge HXL retro fit - by a newbie :)

« on: January 09, 2007, 05:12:19 PM »

LOL Wayne.

I am still chewing

Actually, shortly after I wrote that I stumbled onto an ebay auction via a google search and found a guy parting one out. I'm getting all the PC boards (the entire computer actually), the tail stock (which was missing on mine) the front control panel, the tool turret, and some other misc stuff for $650!

I'll be substituting the boards first as I am sure one or more of mine are bad. I haven't stopped considering retro-fitting as I am really gettin' tired of troubleshooting 30 yr old technology. I'll get some pictures up here very soon (as soon as I figure out how) lol

Mark