WELCOME TO RIVER DAVES PLACE

Early Christmas present

Toolman

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 19, 2014
Messages
413
Reaction score
551
I’ve been looking for one of these for a while now. Bought this one from a friend of mine. No tool changer, no enclosure, and no flood coolant. It has very low mileage. But it uses all my standard tooling and uses the same postprocessor as all my other machines. So basically it’s just a plug and play. I will be doing custom boat parts, v-drive parts, and anything that doesn’t require a lot of tool changes. This machine also goes on the list of machines that will be going home with me when that day comes.
8D0D6B73-51C4-454E-8FEC-4CB82E2E4B7F.jpeg
6571484F-48F9-46D0-8AD1-948A0B51E5E9.jpeg
9D2A5E9B-1610-42A1-8098-1B18C803DEA1.jpeg
 
Last edited:

lenmann

Well-Known Member
Joined
Apr 13, 2013
Messages
1,586
Reaction score
3,081
Damn that thing is clean! Looks brand new, congrats.
 

ltbaney1

Well-Known Member
Joined
Oct 10, 2012
Messages
3,029
Reaction score
5,665
Wow ive never seen a tool room Fadal before, looks really clean. is it standard 20" x 40" travel, and im guessing CAT40 spindle?
 

Toolman

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 19, 2014
Messages
413
Reaction score
551
It’s a 30x14 and can be either Cat40 or my machines which are BT40. It can use either one because of no tool changer.
 

Toolman

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 19, 2014
Messages
413
Reaction score
551
It’s alive! Got communication set up going on it and I am running a test program. Also in the second picture I’ve got the fog buster set up on it which is a spray mister

that’s not supposed to fog up your shop. We will see.
13D07913-0517-4ABE-8B06-E102B5DD9155.jpeg
 

dspracing

Well-Known Member
Joined
Apr 6, 2010
Messages
1,558
Reaction score
2,819
Just when you think you’ve seen every weird Fadal variant, another one pops up! Cool machine for sure.
 

Toolman

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 19, 2014
Messages
413
Reaction score
551
I believe this was an effort to turn manual handle turning machinists into CNC machinist. They were also sold to university’s and trade techs. And I believe this is the reason the machine doesn’t have all that much wear on it. And something that supports that belief is it uses Bridgeport T-nuts. Not the standard Fadal T-nuts.
 
Last edited:
Top