Re: Taig CNC mill - Bridgeport

I can see that a lot of things are still around from the old days.
I'm just a few miles form Haddonfield. There is a sign on evey third
house "Geroge Washington Slept here" and some of those houses are
older than anything west of the mississippi.

We have a lot of old stuff in corners of old shops. That's why I
thought a Bridgeport with a DRO at $2,000.00 was a good deal. Heck
it even has the mortising attachemnt. The thing that stoped me was
how much work it would be to convert.

As soon as I get my current project(s) to a good workable point, I'll
be scouring the area for that old, fleamarket priced bridgeport.

Dave

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., ballendo@y... wrote:
> Dave, Joe,
>
> I gotta agree with both of you on this! Joe, out here in the west,
> the series I and II BP's are seldom found at your fleamarket
prices,
> but... Dave, If you are gonna CNC a bridgeport, you'll be money
ahead
> if you start with a series I or series II machine like Joe
suggests.
> (some even have toolchangers)
> The ONLY 'real' downside to this is the sometimes greater axis
travel
> available in the stock BP's (compared to the MFR CNC'd BP's). Do
try
> to find out if the cncBP made the same part for years... (means
> localised wear in ONE part of the travel; a BAD thing) job shop
> cncBP's and schools with cncBP's in the corner are better bets,IMO.
>
> Ballendo
>
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., davemucha@j... wrote:
> > Here in the Phila area, they go for $2,000 to $3,500.
> >
> > I am looking at a a Bridgeport with a DRO for $2,000
> > now.
> >
> > Any Idea of how much the total/final cost will be to do
> > a 3 axis CNC conversion ? If it's like anything else,
> > the conversion will dwarf the cost of the mill.
> >
>
> > --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Joe Vicars <jvicars@c...> wrote:
> > > Yea Alan,
> > > I agree, CNC ready is great, and this country is awash with
> > them. It's called a Brideport series 1, and series 2. You can
get
> > > them for 1000 bucks or less, and it only takes about 500 to get
> > them back and running.
> > > IMHO