I have the opportunity to get a CHNC 1 lathe with barfeeder for reasonable deal and I am trying to learn more about them. I have run a CHNC 3 + Super precision at another company and I know it will hold size all day long. My questions are these.
1. What is the difference between a CHNC 1 a 2 and a 3?
2. What does go wrong with them? I know from my past experince that they are good machines built to run 24/7 for alot of years but where are the most common problems.
3. The one I ran before had fapt on it which was really nice. Will this one have fapt? It is suppose to have a fanuc 0-T control on it but the guy wasn't sure about fapt.
4. How much does it weigh? I have a 7000lbs forklift to get it in my shop but will have to move it in to final posistion on pipes or something.
5. The machine that I ran before had a turret plate for 3/8" tools, I know they make some for 1/2" tools. Are these interchangeable so that I can run the bigger tools(I hated running the little 3/8" stuff to hard, afraid of breaking them)?
I am probably going to go and look at it some time next week but I am just trying to learn what I can ahead of time. I know it doesn't come with the part cutoff slide, but I had heard before that they were more of PITA than anything.
Any other thoughts or things to watch out for would be much appreciated.
JP