Today's visit was short but much was accomplished. Matt's crew tears into a machine pretty quickly. This is another 1440 that needs a DRO and VFD. They have the routine all worked out and each guy starts working on a section. In a few hours, it's all done. They have a cart setup with a cold saw, drilling/tapping tools and lot's of aluminum stock. Some of the pieces are pre-cut of course...
Here's one that came from the factory with a few markings on it. No doubt, they were checking a few things. Matt normally wipes all these markings off before shipping it because customers get concerned that something was wrong... -no, not the case at all... Just means someone was doing their job.
I got a closer look at the "Mongo Lathe"... Gee, this thing is enormous. My fist easily fits down the D1-11 spindle.
Ok, returning home now and approaching the beautiful scenery. Again, the pics don't do it justice. It's a sight that you feel -not see. On approach, the view is welcoming and each turn renders more.
All of those trees in the distance are very tall -easily over 100 feet.... and if you look from the bottom to the top, there are probably 5 vertical layers of trees...
And all the sudden, you are up close and personal with the enormous bases of a ravine -and they say to you "Yes Ray, you may pass and go home".