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One of my toys ... anyone know what it is ?
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One of my toys ... anyone know what it is ?

"a large machine in a room"

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BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: August 05, 2007 02:36PM

The sex machine from Barbarella.
Mrkim Report This Comment
Date: August 05, 2007 04:12PM

Uh .... that would be a big No blah spinning smiley sticking its tongue out

Matter of fact, anything you feed this puppy would be lost in a hurry!!! When this puppy's cyclin it closes up to within about .125" with 100+ tons of pressure per square inch ! Not a happy place for your favorite joy toyeye
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fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: August 05, 2007 05:43PM

some sorta sheet metal roller/press....?
Mrkim Report This Comment
Date: August 05, 2007 05:52PM

Nah .... far from it fossil ol buddy winking
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Nigel_Knowital Report This Comment
Date: August 05, 2007 06:19PM

A machine for vacuum-forming plastic?
Mrkim Report This Comment
Date: August 05, 2007 06:33PM

Nice try Nigel, but wrong ballpark grinning smiley

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Mrkim Report This Comment
Date: August 05, 2007 06:35PM

Here's a hint .... that's a Kluge sittin beside it cool
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pro_junior Report This Comment
Date: August 05, 2007 07:26PM

is it a printing press?
fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: August 05, 2007 10:33PM

yea that's it! you said once before you fixed one. confused smiley
woberto Report This Comment
Date: August 05, 2007 11:15PM

Looks like a hand-fed platen, banned in Australia because they claimed too many fingers.
Mrkim Report This Comment
Date: August 06, 2007 02:21AM

Close enough Woberto thumbs
down It is a handfed platen style die cutter, but it's also a heated foil stamping/embossing press too.

Though these can be some finger eatin sumbitches (or anything else you get between the moveable and fixed platens while it's running!) this one is fitted with hair trigger safeties which can stop the machine dead cold within about 1/4 of a stroke with the electromagnetic clutch its fitted with.

Most "old school" machines of this ilk did well to come to a stop in less than 2 full strokes, which is pretty ineffective considering the damage is done to the operator or the machine in typically less than 1 full stroke and realistically more like within 1/2 a stroke.

The problem with tryin to make anything idiot proof is that the idiots keep gettin smarter (or dumber, depending on your perspective) every day grinning smiley I've seen people go to some incredible lengths to bypass safety equipment and blatantly ignore safe working procedures and it's always really just a matter of time before this gets 'em in the long run.

Having spent over 30yrs in different mechanical trades I've seen lots of accidents and narrowly avoided many myself. I will say one thing for sure though, there isn't a single machine that's ever been made that's worth as much as even ONE of my fingers and I'll stand right there and watch it totally deconstruct itself before I'll put myself at risk of injury over it smiling
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BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: August 06, 2007 02:23PM

Hey, you gotta admit it was a good guess, though. LOL!
woberto Report This Comment
Date: August 10, 2007 09:01AM

Hey K, try this website:
[www.alibaba.com]
Mrkim Report This Comment
Date: August 10, 2007 07:35PM

Yeah I had a peek Woberto but I've never been all that fond of the Chinese stuff. Their casting usually stinks and their electrics are the worse than a 60s somethin Jag !

Brausse, Yawa and a few others all are cast in the same plant in China these days (hell Bobst even has a line of autoplatens made in China these days!) and pretty much just have different paint schemes except for the Brausses. Brausse has their machines shipped from the foundry to their facility in Canada and then install their own electrics, which seem to be of waaay better quality.

The Indian machines we import are hell for strong, have a higher tonnage PSI than any machine I'm aware of and we have the factory install all 60hz electrical components for the North American market. Their only weak point is their fit and finish, but people damned sure love the way they run, so .... In the 7yrs we've repped these machines I've been on exactly 1 service call which was the result of the operator failing to keep it lubricated angry
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