Hi
I got permission from the original poster to use this thread to post my Orac build.
Here is a picture of my Orac before it was stripped
I had the one with tool changer. If it had not had the changer I propably wouldn´t have bought it.
Unlike Andrew I did not want to keep the original electronics box since it weighed very much. I decided to cut the upper part of the box to be used as chiptray.
As everyone can notice, all the original electronics have been removed. If anyone needs original Orac electronics components please feel free to contact me. The Orac electronics were working perfectly. The CRT display has already found a new home.
Painted the chiptray black with Hammerite and will keep the stickers on chipguard to remind of the origins of this lathe.
Here are the Orac X and Z ballscrews. I have cleaned them thouroughly with lamp oil. Does anyone have recommendations about oiling of the ballscrews. Should they be oiled ? And with which kind of oil ?
Cheers!
Julius