Re: Bridgeport CNC Vertical Mills

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Kimberlin
<kimberln@a...> wrote:

> jmkasunich wrote:
>
> > Maybe they got a really good deal on these CNC
> > machines, or CNC prices run much lower than manual
> > prices. I know for manual mills, if they are only
> > asking $1395, the mills are pretty beat.
>
> John, everything you say is correct, but consider that a CNC
> Bridgeport can only be used as a CNC. Thus, it is no good as a
> manual mill and can't be converted. Once the control is wasted,
> the rest of the machine is just scrap, regardless of how good it
> is. We have had people on this list get CNC Bridgeports for $500
> or even free.
>
> I'm not talking about the EZ-Trac Bridgeports which are both
> manual and CNC, just the totally CNC ones. Personally, I'd love
> to have one but have no space (common lament).
>
> JerryK

I hear you. If there are really decent CNC Bridgeports at McKean
for roughly $1000, I'm gonna have a terrible dilemma. I already
have a Van Norman horizontal/vertical manual mill out in the
garage. It would be really nice, but very crowded, to put a CNC
vertical next to it. I wonder what my wife would say if I told
her I wanted to buy another mill?

John