On Monday 25 March 2013 06:56:28 Gregg Eshelman did opine: > --- On Sun, 3/24/13, Matt Shaver <m...@mattshaver.com> wrote: > > Post a bunch of pictures somewhere of your Anilam > > Bridgeport, > > especially of the electrical guts. With that, we can tell > > you a lot more about what to do! > > It's not mine yet. Still trying to get the guy to see that as it sits, > it's not worth much. He said $300 but after I went to look it over and > said I was interested, he figured the price should go up.
show him the rust pits in those $400+ ball screws & what that will do for the accuracy. Putting it out in the weather and letting it rust like that should have a price tag. One /he/ should pay. > Pics here, acra 1 through 15 http://partsbyemc.com/pub/ > > Nevermind the rust. It's worst on the table top. Can have the "oopses" > filled and the top milled at an engine rebuilding shop. > > My 9" South Bend lathe was far worse than that. I moved the table a bit > and the way wipers scraped a bunch of the rust off. Should just need a > little TLC with some oil and steel wool. Ball screws look perfect, Not to me. > no > rust at all on anything important under the table and knee. > > Been checking ebay and other places, might be a tossup on $$$ between > getting a motor and Fenner drive board to match the others, if the > control box can be put back in action or replacing the servos and > control with something closer to current and tucking a mini ITX system > in there. The original control box could house a touchscreen monitor. > > I'm leaning more towards a full electronic update and selling the > remaining bits of the old Anilam system. Those DC brush type servos are > bloody expensive, the Baldor brand even moreso. Another thing making an > update more attractive is I've read that those Fenner boards need > tuning and tweaking because when they're off they make a high pitched > whine. > > By having patience and waiting for good deals, I figure I could get this > cutting metal for around $1,000 over the cost of the mill and getting > it hauled home. It's only 305 miles away, the guy who told me about it > bought a big lathe from the same place, I've been fixing his Bridgeport > and Lagun mills so he said I'd only have to pay some fuel cost and he'd > bring it with the lathe. > Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. -- Bertrand Russell I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
