Re: Bridgeport Mill by Adcock and Shipley

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., u980162@y... wrote:

> I have a Bridgeport Milling machine of Adcock - Shipley. I am
> planning to convert into CNC. Any one having any experience with

this

> machine retrofit, please help me out. I am an amateur and dont feel
> confident enough to do the retrofits all by myself. Any one having
> idea of some company doing it, or the like, please reply.
> Waqar A Sheikh

If this is the standard manual machine then don't convert it. It's
not a viable proposition.
At the moment you have a manual mill worth around 2 to $3000 at a
guess. To convert it you need ballscrews, pressure oiling, motors,
drivers, power supply and a controller of sorts. Add to this the lash
up you will finish up with converting the Z axis and you will have
spent another $2000 to $4000 depending on how lucky you are sourcing
parts. This will then give you an investment of between $4000 and
$7000. Your actual machine worth though will have depreciated down to
less than $1000 as it's a one off weird special.
There are a few people on this list who have attacked this problem
from the opposite end. If nessesary for funds or room, sell the
manual machine, there is a ready market and buy a Boss 1 or 2 with a
dead controller. They are out there and they are less than $1000.
You will then have ballscrews, pressure oiling, motors, possibly
drive cards and a decent Z axis drive. In other words you are 75
percent there.
Sorry to be a wet blanket but it's all down to cost.

John Stevenson.