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  1. 05-14-2008, 05:24 AM #1
    Donkey Hotey
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    WOW! Uhhh...lemme' get my thoughts straight. WOW!

    Nobody got hurt? Any other damage? That exact thing scares me too. Or the jaws being too far out of the chuck and hitting the cross-slide.

    Are you going to replace the changer or go for something like the Dorian turret?
    Greg
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  2. 05-14-2008, 03:18 PM #2
    Geof
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    Quote Originally Posted by Donkey Hotey View Post
    ... Any other damage?...
    That is a good question.

    The replacement turret is on its way by UPS Blue and will be here tomorrow; around $4500 including freight.

    I have a spindle bearing vibration analysis booked for next week to see if it is different to the one taken a few months ago as a baseline when I got the machine.

    I don't expect anything else to show damage mostly because the chuck slowed down 'gently' over about 1-1/2" of peripheral distance. Did you read my explanation above how the tool swung around and formed a long lever arm?
    An open mind is a virtue...so long as all the common sense has not leaked out.
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