Pazuzu71
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HAHAHA.......
And I thought THIS was the dumbest looking Machine Tool Operator.
And I thought THIS was the dumbest looking Machine Tool Operator.
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Dumbest *looking* machine tool ever ?
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sjones
Plastic
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I got to use a similar model at my college. Had a newer computer control on it. Wasnt great but it did its job, Made the parts that we needed. Now with the new additions to the shop i dont think it will get as much use.
http://www.canton.edu/public_relations/news/cnc_lathes.html
http://www.canton.edu/public_relations/news/cnc_lathes.html
Pazuzu71
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Kinda off topic a bit, but how about the DUMBEST looking Automobiles ever built?
The Chevy Aztec, and Toyota Scion.
BLEECCHHHH.....
The Chevy Aztec, and Toyota Scion.
BLEECCHHHH.....
jackal
Titanium
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Hey Guys, that orange Moog mill belongs to Austin powers. Machinist of mystery. It is so "shagadelic".
Don, does that mean that Austin Powers is the dumbest looking machinist then?
If so, I agree.
Jackal
Don, does that mean that Austin Powers is the dumbest looking machinist then?
If so, I agree.
Jackal
Davis In SC
Diamond
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Gee, Don.. as we say in SC, you got lotsa famous kinfolks...
John Michael
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I used to work on one of these for a customer and it was orange, must have been the standard color. By about 1995 we couldn't find anyone at the factory for tech support but a former employee would call you back if you had the time to wait.
About 1969 Moog made the controls for an Avey Machine Tool (Div. of Motch) tool changer on a modified turret drill.
To the best of my knowledge there were only two servo valve makers. One had valves that operated on about 10 times more current than the Moog. Gobs of ancient control valve driver boards had jumpers so you could use either type.
About 1969 Moog made the controls for an Avey Machine Tool (Div. of Motch) tool changer on a modified turret drill.
To the best of my knowledge there were only two servo valve makers. One had valves that operated on about 10 times more current than the Moog. Gobs of ancient control valve driver boards had jumpers so you could use either type.
Digging deeper on the Moog website, found the below. Never occured to me that folks might be calling up Moog servo valves to get parts for their synthesizers ! LOL !
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TRIVIA QUESTIONS
Did Moog Inc. invent the Moog synthesizer?
No. Robert Moog, another genius inventor and a cousin of Bill Moog, invented the synthesizer. By doing a search on "Moog and synthesizers", it's possible to find several websites devoted to this topic and to locate parts for the synthesizers.
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And from another site, more info on Bob Moog-
The first playable modern configurable music synthesizer was created by Robert Moog, who had been a student of Peter Mauzey, one of the engineers of the RCA Mark II. Moog designed the circuits used in his synthesizer while he was at Columbia-Princeton. The Moog synthesizer was first displayed at the Audio Engineering Society convention in 1964. Like the RCA Mark II, it required hours to set up the machine for a new sound, but it was smaller and more flexible. The Moog synthesizer was at first a curiosity, but by 1968 it had caused a sensation.
Micky Dolenz of The Monkees bought one of the first three Moog synthesizers and the first commercial release to feature a Moog synthesizer was The Monkees' fourth album, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd., in 1967, which also became the first album featuring a synthesizer to hit #1 on the charts. Also among the first music performed on this synthesizer was the million-selling 1968 album Switched-On Bach by Wendy Carlos. Switched-On Bach was one of the most popular classical-music recordings ever made. During the late 1960s, hundreds of other popular recordings used Moog synthesizer sounds. The Moog synthesizer even spawned a subculture of record producers who made novelty "Moog" recordings, depending on the odd new sounds made by their synthesizers (which were not always Moog units) to draw attention and sales.
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It would be interesting to know what happened to Art Moog and if all three Moogs ever got together at family reunions !
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TRIVIA QUESTIONS
Did Moog Inc. invent the Moog synthesizer?
No. Robert Moog, another genius inventor and a cousin of Bill Moog, invented the synthesizer. By doing a search on "Moog and synthesizers", it's possible to find several websites devoted to this topic and to locate parts for the synthesizers.
==========================================
And from another site, more info on Bob Moog-
The first playable modern configurable music synthesizer was created by Robert Moog, who had been a student of Peter Mauzey, one of the engineers of the RCA Mark II. Moog designed the circuits used in his synthesizer while he was at Columbia-Princeton. The Moog synthesizer was first displayed at the Audio Engineering Society convention in 1964. Like the RCA Mark II, it required hours to set up the machine for a new sound, but it was smaller and more flexible. The Moog synthesizer was at first a curiosity, but by 1968 it had caused a sensation.
Micky Dolenz of The Monkees bought one of the first three Moog synthesizers and the first commercial release to feature a Moog synthesizer was The Monkees' fourth album, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd., in 1967, which also became the first album featuring a synthesizer to hit #1 on the charts. Also among the first music performed on this synthesizer was the million-selling 1968 album Switched-On Bach by Wendy Carlos. Switched-On Bach was one of the most popular classical-music recordings ever made. During the late 1960s, hundreds of other popular recordings used Moog synthesizer sounds. The Moog synthesizer even spawned a subculture of record producers who made novelty "Moog" recordings, depending on the odd new sounds made by their synthesizers (which were not always Moog units) to draw attention and sales.
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It would be interesting to know what happened to Art Moog and if all three Moogs ever got together at family reunions !
Stephanie
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I think the Moog machine tool is rather elegant looking! (especially if copper paint color)
(...and you guys, ease up on the Metal Worker guy or you will NEVER get advertisers to support PM! People don't pay to get abuse, especially when it's available for free )
(...and you guys, ease up on the Metal Worker guy or you will NEVER get advertisers to support PM! People don't pay to get abuse, especially when it's available for free
)JimK
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Q. how do you build up worn parts of those machines??
A. Mooglice.
A. Mooglice.
dkmc
Diamond
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LOL!!!
What about Stephen Thomas ????
I thought you's guy's was cousins.........
dan k
Stephanie
Cast Iron
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'91 Taurus, red?
Funny...I remember thinking the first Taurus's were kinda cool looking...but a 91 is pretty doofus looking now (keeping in mind this is coming from someone who may, or may not, drive a Honda Element and rumor has it, once owned a 1970 AMC Gremlin 
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Richard Rogers
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You allegedly had a Gremlin? Those were my underdog cars! I always kind of had a soft spot for AMC as an unsung "me too" company.
Moogs are definitely weird looking. My father bought one at an auction, then traded it for something more manageable because the rigging costs were not practical to invest in it.
As far as unattractive machines, does anyone here have an Ironcrafter ironworker?
Richard
Moogs are definitely weird looking. My father bought one at an auction, then traded it for something more manageable because the rigging costs were not practical to invest in it.
As far as unattractive machines, does anyone here have an Ironcrafter ironworker?
Richard
John Michael
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If I am not misinformed another similar connection is that Baldwin brand position encoders in wide use on NC and CNC machinery were an offshoot of the Baldwin Piano Co., originally of Cincinnati, OH.
Evan
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I don't think it looks all that bad.
HuFlungDung
Diamond
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The combination shaper/mill/lathe ebay thing that was described in another thread would take my vote for......I better not say what I really thought about that
jackal
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Hey Don,
Doesn't those Honda elements come in metallic copper also? I think I remember seeing one.
Just a question for someone that may or may not drive one. HAHA
Jackal
Doesn't those Honda elements come in metallic copper also? I think I remember seeing one.
Just a question for someone that may or may not drive one. HAHA
Jackal
imported_brian_m
Cast Iron
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Does it look better with a J-head?
Still under conversion but the old pneumatic cabinet has been replaced by a bank of solenoids. The machine is now laptop controlled.
If only I could find the new clamp plate O-rings for the X-axis.
Brian
Still under conversion but the old pneumatic cabinet has been replaced by a bank of solenoids. The machine is now laptop controlled.
If only I could find the new clamp plate O-rings for the X-axis.
Brian
