Any old school machinist here....

Citizen L32
Brown & Sharpe
New Britain model 52

I am looking for some infirmation on the
Citizen L32 . The man who knew the most
about this machine retired before I could even
meet him. As you can imagine, the company
made a huge mistake letting that amount of,
Hard to come by, knowledge to walk out the door.
They called him trying to get him to comeback in.
He rightfully declined their request. I want to use
this oppotunity to get the job.

quote Originally posted by jmclemore: Any old school machinist here.... Citizen L32 Brown & Sharpe New Britain model 52 I am looking for some infirmation on the Citizen L32 . The man who knew the most about this machine retired before I could even meet him. As you can imagine, the company made a huge mistake letting that amount of, Hard to come by, knowledge to walk out the door. They called him trying to get him to comeback in. He rightfully declined their request. I want to use this oppotunity to get the job.

The Citizen L32 is a relatively "modern" style of sliding headstock "Swiss" CNC lathe, ("screw machine"). Not really "old school" in my experience.

You also need to be more specific what Browne & Sharpe machine you're interested in.

The New Britain model 52 is also a CNC screw machine, and while it is older and not (in my opinion) as precise as the Citizen L32, it also isn't really "old school".

If you can competently run a CNC lathe, you can probably pick up on the screw machines fairly quickly.

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Edit to add: I'm a mechanical engineer that likes to make little bits of metal out of bigger bits of metal when the mood arises and I can run the machines but I don't work as a machinist.

If you really want to talk "old school" we can discuss the Bridgeport manual mill in my garage,

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quote Originally posted by randye: The Citizen L32 is a relatively "modern" style of sliding headstock "Swiss" CNC lathe, ("screw machine"). Not really "old school" in my experience.

Thus confirming my need to ask for information.

Thank you for the feedback. How well do you know the citizen L32 ?
And would you mind me contacting you
directly?

They are having trouble getting it to
run and that would be a key selling
point for getting the job. I have been
told a little bit about the problem and could
be related to a homing issue. Between
the other machinist, maint and management ,
it's clear they are stumped....


Edit spelling conflic between eyed and thumbs....

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Not specifically anything, but mainly machining, and talking... And hand waving... Humorous and down to earth.


Brad

quote Originally posted by jmclemore: Thus confirming my need to ask for information. Thank you for the feedback. How well do you know the citizen L32 ? And would you mind me contacting you directly? They are having trouble getting it to run and that would be a key selling point for getting the job. I have been told a little bit about the problem and could be related to a homing issue. Between the other machinist, maint and management , it's clear they are stumped.... Edit spelling conflic between eyed and thumbs....

I know just enough about running a CNC screw machine to be dangerous, so I'm not the best guy to counsel you.

That said, I have observed that a CNC machine that won't home back to zero has often been caused by a hardware / equipment failure and not a software or operator problem.

This is also often the case with machines that have been moved and reinstalled somewhere and were not "parked and locked", (my term), correctly before moving them.

The quickest and surest way to make certain that the machine is functioning properly is to simply contact the OEM support rep. and have them look it over.

That is also usually the least expensive route to take rather that burning up company time and money trying to guess the problem.

If you really want the job running those machines, then my suggestion is for you to latch onto that OEM rep the moment he hits your door and don't let go for a nanosecond. Take him to lunch and make sure you have his number on your cell phone.
You can very quickly put yourself into "expert" status by prying every scrap of knowledge, hint and tip you can out of him.

The other guy that left had to get his "expert" knowledge somewhere too.

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