Re: Fanuc 6m help

gorton22 wrote:

>
> Hello everyone: My name is Don Blausey and I joined the group
> recently.
> I have a gorton mill with a fanuc 6m control on it. I have used this
>
>

> This machine has a 10" x 50" table on it, and most of the post are for
> table top machines. I have checked out camsoft and a few others and
> not ready to spend that on this machine. Repairs on old boards are not
> cheap either. Has any one else done this or have a sugestion on what
> to do. Any help greatly appreciated.
>

Don't be mistaken. There are a number of us on here with Bridgeport and
other full-size machines. You are going the right way. I started with an
Allen-Bradley control, which also was unreliable. I made my own servo
amps, also had to swap out resolvers for encoders, and use EMC for the
control program.

Jon