Re: Monarch conversion to VFD

Hi all:
I need some help with a decision.
I negotiated to buy a Monarch 10EE lathe about 4 months ago.
The machinery dealer was (and is) having problems getting the old DC drive
to run up to speed.
The last 4 months have been spent making foolish promises that they are
unable to deliver on.
I have heard that several people have made a conversion to AC with a VFD and
that they are happy with the result.
Is this a big job?? (I mean electronically...the mechanical bits I can
handle.)
What could such a conversion cost??
Should I consider this whole fiasco a dealbreaker? They want $10,000 CDN
for the machine which they say is otherwise totally rebuilt. (I've never
seen the machine, so at this point I'm taking their word for it)
Any advice will be appreciated.
Cheers

Marcus

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Scalione" <wscalione@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Dual booting w/EMC


>
> > (Now if I could just find a system.dos (?) file, so I can make Windoz98
> > come up in DOS first... The file doesn't seem to be there in the
> > LILO/Windoz system. Oh well!
> >
> >
> Alan,
>
> If what you want is for windows to boot to DOS you can change your
> MSDOS.SYS file to read BootGUI=0. Below is a copy of mine, I have
> added the line "BootMenu=1" which will start a little menu allowing you
> to pick DOS, Windows, Safe Mode etc. It should be in your c:\ directory
> and you can edit it with any text editor. If you add the menu do not set
> the BootGUI to 0, as it wont be needed.
>
>
>
> ;FORMAT
> [Paths]
> WinDir=C:\WINDOWS
> WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS
> HostWinBootDrv=C
> UninstallDir=C:\
>
> [Options]
> BootMenu=1
> BootMenuDefault=1
> BootMenuDelay=10
> BootMulti=1
> BootGUI=1
> DoubleBuffer=1
> AutoScan=1
> WinVer=4.10.2222
>
>
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