Just for fun

[lovell110]

I'm sure I'm not the first person to ask this but I tried a search with little luck. Who has the oldest VF-1 still running. I have a 1991 Ser#1432 located outside Philadelpha Pa. When ever I call my local Haas service they make funny noises when I tell them the serial number. My machine looks like a beehive. Anyone else out there?

[Donkey Hotey]

I understand that one of the very, very first machines was rediscovered in a dark corner of the factory and was secretly restored as a gift for Gene. I'm not sure if that's the one in the factory showroom or not.

Yours is old but it looks like they had been in production for a few years by 1991. From their website:
http://www.haascnc.com/about_history.asp

Employing the latest equipment and procedures for close-tolerance manufacturing, the first prototypes were completed and introduced in 1988 at the International Machine Tool Show (IMTS ’88) in Chicago, Illinois.

Have you got any pictures to share? Do you have any other Haas machines? What do you think of the original control vs later improvements?

[wms]

I have serial number #1140...early 90's...still runs every week...has since the day it came in....4 Haas' total here...Mini, VF1, VF2, And VF3..