Re: Progress Report Addendum

I id a lookup on the Tree 210 and came across this page 
http://www.treemachinetools.com/oldstuff/back_in_time____trees_of_yesteryear.htm  
, about half way down the page they show a picture of the 210. 
The caption says;
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Built 1985-1994?

Same as J310, except only 2 axis programmable. Sliding ram and tilting 
head. Power quill feed was standard. Limited production, approximately 
20 total units produced by special order only.

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 I think you will have problems finding the 3rd axis for this machine, 
did you find out otherwise? Have you considered a new controller kit?

BTW at the U of MD machine shop I worked in they had a couple of Tree 
manual machines. They were stiffer than the Bridgeports, but because 
they didn't use an R-8 collet tooling was sparse in the shop and they 
didn't get used much. IIRC you didn't have to reach to the top of the 
machine to do a tool change, it was a nut on the bottom (and holding the 
wrench).



Pierce Nichols wrote:

>On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 20:05, Alex Fraser wrote:
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>>I was beginning to think nothing was happening, thanks for the report.
>>The halt for tool change is a safety feature. You should really count 
>>your fingers a couple of times before you change the code.
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>	The problem isn't stopping for tool change -- it will do that no
>problem. It's getting started again after I'm done that is the problem.
>
>	-p
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