Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Newbie bridgeport cnc conversion quetions

alphawolf45 wrote:

> I been reading messages on this group for about a year now. I might
>have posted twice.The question wondering about cnc'ing the old
>bridgeport perked my ears up..I am at the end stage of changing a 20
>year old cnc Hurco bedmill, upgraded to new servo drives ,computer,
>breakout board , spindle board, relay board,,what am i forgetting--
>ohh new VFD spindle drive- some other stuff...Anyway,,,It just a
>matter of tearing out almost everything electronic and going back
>with new,,but I am into my second week of work... I am enjoying the
>project but I am certainly aware that by working on a mill that had
>previously been a cnc I have saved considerable work.....And
>incidently, this had been a good cnc until it tipped over on it's
>control cabinet during a move..I paid the guy 400 bucks for it and
>hauled it home , was only 25 miles from my house.Would be real tough
>to find a manual mill in good mechanical condition for anywhere near
>as fair price.Hard to beat it....Well then last winter I dragged home
>a 5720 pound Miyano cnc lathe with a dead controller- 500 bucks...One
>of these days I'll try upgrading that one to run Mach2 on a PC...Ohhh
>yeah,,, then I got a 5000 pound Acroloc cnc bedmill with original
>Fanuc controls - runs good , I have used the hell outta it for 4
>years, only paid 900 bucks for it.....The old machines are out there
>selling cheap enough , see them on ebay almost everytime I look..
>
>

Moan! You're going to give us all heart attacks! Those are some REALLY
good deals!

Jon