Lathes & shapers and no OSHA..

[Maryak]

One shop I know of still uses ticker tape lathes, too.

Marzak with Fanuc tape?

Best Regards
Bob

 

[don-tucker]

what is a ticker tape lathe?

Its paper tape with a series of holes ,punched using G code on a teleprinter,that a bank of probes used to locate in and open and close contacts ,that in turn through a series of contactors moved the machine surfaces.Used to run 3 drilling machines thus equiped.Sounded like a telephone exchange,in fact a lot of the contactor were ex telephone exchange.We bought the machines at auctions and I had to learn the hard way.
Don