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    Arrow Shizouka w/Bandit 4 control / to buy or not??

    I believe I have come across a good deal on a good running mid 80's 2 1/2axis Shizouka Bandit level 4 (8400 Allen Bradley), manual tool changer. He is the original owner and hasn't used it in production, only tool and die work. It comes with a KurtII vice and 20 NMTB#40 holders. He is retiring and selling it. I am planning to go and see it Monday morning.

    Since I am not familiar with Bandit controllers I am looking for pros and cons for purchasing this machine.

    Any information would be great.

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    teamjnz


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    That's one excellent piece of iron. Box ways, taper 40, higher hp. spindle. One of the most rigid knee mills out there.

    I used to have a bandit 3. Kind of quirky by today's standards, but you can make good parts. At the first sign of trouble, i ripped it off and put on a PC based control. You should plan on the same. that 20 year old control is not worth repairing.

    Karl


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    Thanks Karl. I didn't end up buying the machine. The machine I originally wanted to get came back onto the market and I bought it. A 1984 Kitamura MyCenter 1.

    teamjnz


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    Quote Originally Posted by teamjnz View Post
    I believe I have come across a good deal on a good running mid 80's 2 1/2axis Shizouka Bandit level 4 (8400 Allen Bradley), manual tool changer. He is the original owner and hasn't used it in production, only tool and die work. It comes with a KurtII vice and 20 NMTB#40 holders. He is retiring and selling it. I am planning to go and see it Monday morning.


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    Hi, are you the guy who called Pico Systems about resolver to quadrature converters for this machine? If so, I've been trying to contact you by email, but it doesn't go through, I must have written it down wrong. Please call again, send me email at elson@pico-systems.com or reply through this forum. (They need no software change, to answer the specific question, other than the fixed 4096 counts/rev resolution.)

    Thanks,

    Jon


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    Quote Originally Posted by jmelson View Post
    Hi, are you the guy who called Pico Systems about resolver to quadrature converters for this machine? If so, I've been trying to contact you by email, but it doesn't go through, I must have written it down wrong. Please call again, send me email at elson@pico-systems.com or reply through this forum. (They need no software change, to answer the specific question, other than the fixed 4096 counts/rev resolution.)

    Thanks,

    Jon
    Sorry this wasn't me.


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