Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Bridgeport Series II

turbulatordude wrote:

>
> Hi All,
>
> looked at a series II at the used machine place today.
>
> It seems like a nice piece and I am considdering the unit if I can
> get a better price.

$500 or free sounds about right for the old stuff, from what I
have learned here. It is no good as a manual machine, or so I'm
lead to believe.

> One concern is wheather it is better to keep the existing Heineman
> contorls or switch them out to PC control maybe Mach1 or something ?
>
> Supposedly, it was replaced by a new machining center and was working
> when it was retired.

If you can learn the control and it works, why go to the expense
and trouble to convert until it is really necessary. Logic says
to use it up, then convert. OTOH, if you aren't able to
interface yourself to the control easily, then put something on
it that you know very well, and eBay the rest.

JerryK