Thread: New to Me Herless Surface Grinder

Nice looking unit and nice travel size Ray.

Will look forward to your posts on getting it set up and running.

Dave

Hi Dave,

Thanks, yes, I'm wondering about how to go about setting it up as well, I'm going to have to move machines around this weekend to make space.

Here's one of the other bigger ones, this is a "Snow" UK made apparently.



Too big for my shed I'm afraid.

Regards
Ray

Damn Ray, are you sure its second hand? looks brand new! 600 X 300 table! whats the travel?

Stuart

"Snow" UK made apparently.

They are Ray, there's one over here, not overpriced but too big.

Bob

Originally Posted by Stustoys

Damn Ray, are you sure its second hand? looks brand new! 600 X 300 table! whats the travel?

Stuart

Hi Stuart,

The travel is 670x340 630x320 if I remember correctly, (I left the manual down there) as I understand it, they bought this machine to do some die maintenance for another machine in the factory. The larger machines like the Snow and the other big vertical surface grinder were their main production machines. So this one was only used infrequently for odd maintenance jobs, and not used for production work. I think that's why it's in such good nick.

I can imagine them not wanting to take down a setup on the big production machines to do a little die maintenance job, so this one filled the gap.

Regards
Ray

Hi Ray,
So its all chuck then. All the surface grinders I have seen have way more travel than chuck, which seems a little silly.

That chuck looks electric which would explain the demag feature.(haven't used one of those either)

Stuart

Well is it in it's new home yet?

Stuart

Hi Stuart,

Yep.. it's home.. 5:00am start and finished unloading at 6:00pm tonight.

We (my son Josh and I) ended up hiring a 4.5 tonne tray and buying the chains, load binders and load mat, rather than hire a specialist machinery moving company. Spent the last week reading up on RTA regulations and load restraint regulations. As usual we go over the top, and end up like this...


Those are 8mm load restraint chains, and those yellow things are rubber lined corner protectors that I made up last night.. Worked well enough, but still managed to knock off some paint on the front.


leisurely trip up the GV highway, Josh driving the truck, i'm following in the ute.



Home.

Regards
Ray

Yeah I think its safe to say that wasn't going any where. Still better to have 2 chains to many and be 1 chain short. Would be 6 hours + driving wouldnt it? How did you get it off the truck?
Stuart

Originally Posted by Stustoys

How did you get it off the truck?
Stuart

With great difficulty!

I got a hire forklift and the plan was to sling it under the forks since the ground is a bit uneven and the whole thing is 2 tonnes and a bit top heavy. He hadn't been told to bring slings, so we had no choice but to balance it on the tines..

The center of gravity is toward the rear of the machine where the column is, which is pretty much what you would expect. but that meant the tines had to be close together which makes it more unstable.. and the result was a nerve wracking half hour. slowly creeping along.

But it's there and no mishaps.

Regards
Ray

Good to see is landed safely. After moving my lathe off the ute and onto its stand with an engine crane, I had my mill moved by a crane truck. The mate that helped me both times said "Well that was worth $300 for the stress it saved you". I think he was right.
I guess it will be awhile before you are making sparks?

Stuart

Good to see it got home safely. When I picked up my mill with some other gear and another time my 3.2mtr Robland panel saw I hired a truck because it was cheaper. I made up an A frame a few years ago for unloading machinery etc off the trailers or trucks, it saves trying to figure out how to get it off from the height of a truck or hiring someone to do it.
Is the table set on balls or plan ways? The tables on ball ways are supposed to be taken off or raised off them with blocks of wood for transport or they indent the ways from the vibration and shocks.

Dave

Originally Posted by Dave J

Is the table set on balls or plan ways? The tables on ball ways are supposed to be taken off or raised off them with blocks of wood for transport or they indent the ways from the vibration and shocks.

Dave

Hi Dave,
Had me worried for a minute there, just plain ways.


That rod through the middle is the shaft of the hydraulic cylinder.

Regards
Ray

I would be checking the auto-lube system is working before using it... I assume it has an auto lube system for the ways...