Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Total Novice - Not a Clue

Ross,
Do you have a Web Site for Transformer Technologies?
Thanks,

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Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Total Novice - Not a Clue


> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "jerrysteel2000" <jerrysteel@h...>
> wrote:
> > Hi Guys...
> >
> > I know nothing at all about CNC and before I start finding out more
> > and lusting after a system, I've got a question...Whats it going to
> > cost ?
>
>
> I have $2100 in my 4 axis router table. I bought the drives from Gecko,
breakout
> board from Bob Campbell, motors from Sanyo and power supply from
Transformer
> Technologies. All of this was plug and play. Just follow the directions
and it should
> work right out of the box. I was cutting parts the same day I first
flipped the power
> switch. The computer is an older 550MHZ box that I retired from the
office. I built
> everything else from raw materias in my shop.
>
> Well almost everything. I'm using a Porter Cable router and an indexing
head as a 4th
> axis.
>
> I figure I could do a milling machine for less providing I didn't have to
rebuild the
> machine first. I've always got my eyes open for a cheap manual
Bridgeport.
>
> I use this machine for production work, so reliability is very important.
I've had little
> issues, but nothing that stopped a job from going out the door on time.
To
> everyones surprise, even mine to a degree, this machine has been very
reliable.
> Anything that does go wrong can be fixed by me... many times with the
assistance of
> the group.... instead of paying a tech to fly in from Japan...or where
ever.
>
> Ross
>
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