Re: 9x42 conversion

Thank you Ron. Servo's is a strong consideration. Do you
know of a good source for the motors, or should I just look
around.
I have thought about driving the knee also, but I figured
the accuracy of the whole knee dovetail and the gears would not be
very accurate. I guess it is accurate enough for the Z axis
especially in light of the fact that the axis does not see a large
range of motion in most machining operations.
Can I ask you what kind of items you mostly machine?

Thanks,
Scott

> I would forget the steppers for a Bridgeport and go with servos.

29 in-lb for X and Y. I did my retrofit with 40lb-in servos on all
three axies. Mach2 software, Bob Campbells breakout board and Gecko
320's. Its an excellent machine and I have been using it daily for
the last 19 months. No problems. There is pics of it on
the "CNCpics" group at yahoo under "rogersmach"

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