CNC Documentation a must
You would think they would learn it happened again this week.. I was contacted by an old customer that I did a retrofit on about 6 years ago, a (French/Italian machine) he had bought for a song but did not think to ask for the documentation, at the time it cost around $2,000.00 to get the original documentation from France plus the time to translate and reverse engineer.
Now he has another machine he wants to retro-fit and did not think to ask for the documentation at the auction. I know for a fact that the documentation was available, but has now disappeared.
I guess the point I am trying to make is that buyers of machines do not always realize the value in documentation of machines especially when they are 1970's/80's vintage, and require a retro-fit.
The cost of obtaining doc. if available, or the cost of reverse engineering if not available can double the cost of labour for retrofit purposes.
......Ah I just had to Vent
:tired:
Al
CNC, Mechatronics Integration and Custom Machine Design
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
Albert E.