UPS loses $10,000 package...

[porsche4life]

I would help him. Your delivery guys will like you a lot more if you help them out and don't treat them like slaves.

[WolfeMacleod]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

I would help him. Your delivery guys will like you a lot more if you help them out and don't treat them like slaves.

I did.

It arrived.

They smashed it a bit... so far, this is what I see...

[ckelly78z]

I had a volleyball that went FedEx and never got to it's new owner, they said it went down with a cargo jet in the South Pacific during a storm, I wonder where that ball is now ?

[porsche4life]

Yikes wolfe! Hope it was insured!

We had several plotters get ruined in shipping over the years, its almost impossible to safely ship something bulky and precision.

[WolfeMacleod]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Yikes wolfe! Hope it was insured!

We had several plotters get ruined in shipping over the years, its almost impossible to safely ship something bulky and precision.

You bet it was. $10,000. Replacement cost is about $15-16,000.


I paid $5500 for this machine. The ex-distributor still had one in his garage.


Some Youtube...



However, plugging in an external monitor, does show it booting up. Thwe top case was removed to check for loose connections on the motherboard.



Here's the bent up front face.

[WolfeMacleod]

Originally Posted by ckelly78z

I had a volleyball that went FedEx and never got to it's new owner, they said it went down with a cargo jet in the South Pacific during a storm, I wonder where that ball is now ?

WIIILLLLSSSOOOOONNN!!!!!



Love that movie.

[porsche4life]

Does it still wind true and can you make do with the external monitor? See if you can collect from UPS and use it as is!

[WolfeMacleod]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Does it still wind true and can you make do with the external monitor? See if you can collect from UPS and use it as is!

I would use my external monitor anyways.

Well... it's semi-operational right now. It'll power up, I can log into the machine and create a test winding program. The traverse mechanism however is borked. Initially, it worked for a few seconds... then it made a noise, moved erratically, and stopped working.
The traverse operates on a ball-screw mechanism powered by a motor...
I'm wondering if the ball-screw got bent...

[techweenie]

Originally Posted by ckelly78z

I had a volleyball that went FedEx and never got to it's new owner, they said it went down with a cargo jet in the South Pacific during a storm, I wonder where that ball is now ?

Wherever it is, I'm sure it's smiling.