Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Bridgeport Boss 5

Nathan,
I don't know the status of AHHA but that is what I
retrofitted my B'port BTCII, Boss 7.9 with. I too kept
the steppers and after all the hassle of the tool
changer it was well worth it. I now have a nice mill
with a 24 station tool changer that works like a
champ. AHHA seemed slow to deal with but it works. I
can add a 4th axis later. Also I kept the 24VDC B'port
power supply,110VAC power supply as well as the
pneumatic manifold system for gear shift change and
tool changer. I did replace the old ice cube relays
with solid state(OPTO 22) relays. I have never added
it all up but I guess I have just under $5,000.00 in
the control setup. I bought a old 90 mhz pentiumII
computer from the local Salvation Army Thrift Store
and put a new hard drive in it. The AHHA control with
pendant was $4436.00. It was a good experience for me
and I learned a lot. Further as I have problems later
I will be more able to fix them myself. I have the
mill running nearly everyday and with the tool changer
I can be off doing other work and not have to attend
to the machine.I also removed the old dc spindle set
up for a more modern ac inverter set up. That is not
included in the $5,000.00 price. The jury is still out
on the spindle however. The ac setup does not have the
torque and I still have the dc motor.I may wind up
going back to dc.
Dan Quinn
--- rocketscientistnate
<rocketscientistnate@...> wrote:

> I haven't had time to keep up with the posts lately,
> so I apologize
> if this issue has been recently addressed. I have a
> Bridgeport Boss
> 5, and I think this time it finally kicked the
> bucket. I've checked
> with placed like Centroid and Ajax, and while they
> offer good
> products, they're out of my price range. Can
> anybody tell me what
> the cheapest way to do a retrofit would be? The
> stepper motors are
> all in good shape so I would like to reuse them, and
> I have two
> extra so I would like something that coule be
> upgradable to 4 or 5
> axis later, but its not crucial. Also I've never
> quite figured out a
> comprehensive list of all the parts needed to make
> it go (drives,
> controllers, power supply, software, probably a pc,
> anything else?)
> and where does one find a good kit that includes all
> of them. I'm
> not particular about the software, I'll probably
> program my own g-
> code anyway. I don't need any kind of speed records
> with rapid
> travel or anything, and I mainly cut 6061 Al. I
> just need to make
> it go.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Nathan Clymer
>
>
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