Re: Bidgeport Series 1 Retrofit

>> From: "Matt Shaver" <mshaver@...>
>> Nope, I'm pretty sure this is uncharted territory. Bridgeport's CNC mills

are

>> extremely complex pieces of equipment not suited for alteration or
>> experimentation.

> From: Roland Friestad <cardinal.eng@...>
> Many Bridgeports, both manual and CNC and NC have been converted - Quite a
> few of the list members have extensive experience with this - I've

converted

> over 50 of them myself and published plans in HOME SHOP MACHINIST magazine

a

> few years ago - The HOME SHOP MACHINIST folks have reprinted the articles

in

> From: Paul Corner <Paul.Corner@...>
> Assuming yours has a Heidenhain control,I would beg to differ with Matt.

All

> the wires for the I/O, servo, and encoders terminate within the pendant -

each

> labeled and with it's own plug.

In case anyone else misunderstood my post, I was kidding! In the words of
Foghorn Leghorn, cartoon rooster, " It's a joke son, a funny, a ha ha ". The
two URLs I had listed below my name are links to Bridgeport retrofits I've
done. Sorry for the confusion ...

>> Matt Shaver
>>
>> http://users.erols.com/mshaver/bps1.htm
>> http://users.erols.com/mshaver/v2e3.htm