NICE LOOKING LATHE!!!!! That is going to be a GREAT lathe!!!!!
Well Brian I've always been a sucker for Hardinge's ;-) I first used them (chnc's) in the mid 80's, and there was nothing else that could touch them for accuracy. They really could hold 2 tenths all day as Hardinge claimed.
They were never cheap though! The machine I have cost around 40k UKP in the mid 80's :-o
So far I've taken out all the Seimens control, including the HUGE cabinet on the back. Replaced the 4Kw DC spindle drive and motor with a New Seimens 3Kw AC motor and VFD.
Just picked up the new servo motors, the old ones were in bad shape.
I have a CNC Teknix drive here for evaluatiion which we will try on this project.
All the top enclosure is being removed right now, for bead blasting and a new powder coat job. I learnt a valuable lesson on the repainting of the Leadwell VMC enclosures, that was not to bother wet spray painting, it takes far too long!
Wayne....