Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Taig CNC mill - Bridgeport

on 2001-02-15 10:14:09 UTC

If you're saying you have a buy at a series 1 manual machine with DRO and both a J head and the E head for 2000 bucks?
You better go get that deal.

davemucha@... wrote:

> 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
>
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