Re: Bridgeport retrofit servo questions

>
> First you are saying your Z moves the spindle up and down??? and

> the knee.
>
> And second, was this a bridgeport that came with a factory stepper
> driven Z axis...
>
>
> Wally
>
>
>
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Les Newell <lesnewell@h...>
> wrote:
> > Hi Wally,
> >
> > On my mill the Z caused the most problems. Due to the design it
> takes a
> > lot of power to move the Z at speed, especially if it is cold.

> the
> > stepper I used to end up running a program that just ran the Z up
> and
> > down for 20 minutes before using it just to warm everything up.
> After
> > frying 2 G201s I threw in the towel.
> >
> > Les
> >
> > cnc_4_me wrote:
> >
> > >My advice, you already have a working z axis with a

> a
> > >gecko on it and leave it as a stepper....Ok no 200ipm

> Z
> > >is short....Z axis are tough to rework...
> > >
> > >Don't forget, you can mix and match axis control with mach2
> > >
> > >
> > >Wally
> > >
> > >
> > >