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Just hit 10,000 hours on our old Haas VF-2 and the spindle bearings finally gave out.
The maintenance log showed zero issues until yesterday, when the thermal growth went way past spec during a long aluminum job. Anyone else had a major component fail right after a big round number like that?
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skylerc8624d ago
That's wild, like the machine knew it hit a milestone. Our old Bridgeport's feed motor quit almost to the day we calculated it had run its ten millionth inch of travel. Felt like it was keeping score.
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caleb_walker624d ago
Yeah, that "keeping score" thing skylerc86 mentioned is too real. It's like they have a built in timer that just gives up after a certain number. Ten thousand hours on a spindle is a good run though, even if it picked a dramatic time to go.
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angelaellis24d ago
Nah, that's just random chance. Stuff breaks when it breaks. Skylerc86's Bridgeport motor and your spindle both hitting round numbers is a weird coincidence, not some built in counter. Machines don't know or care about milestones, they just wear out from use.
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