hey gang, i have an opportunity to buy a 1977 bridgeport series 1 that
came from the factory as a CNC machine. this is an urgent request, as if
i don't drop the money by tomorrow morning, off it goes to a wholesaler.
needless to say, the price is phenomenal regardless. ($1500) here's
what it comes with:
the mill itself(9x42 table, varispeed) sargon 2 axis DRO rotary phase converter whole buncha tooling the original papertape contoller for the mill! a mazak mazatrol cam m-2 controller seperate.
the machine has been sitting idle for 15 years, but doesn't have a spot of rust on it. it is not under power, so i don't know what works or doesn't. the hour meter only reads 140 hours, and from the condition of this thing, i believe it really is that low.
so, since i'm not a CNC guy, and frankly an amateur hobby machinist, what would it take/how easy would it be to convert it back to manual control, OR to hook up the mazatrol and use the dials on it to manually control the servos and make it work that way? effort and cost opinions are welcome. if needed, i can send a zip file with pictures of the machine.
TIA for quick responses!
--joel
the mill itself(9x42 table, varispeed) sargon 2 axis DRO rotary phase converter whole buncha tooling the original papertape contoller for the mill! a mazak mazatrol cam m-2 controller seperate.
the machine has been sitting idle for 15 years, but doesn't have a spot of rust on it. it is not under power, so i don't know what works or doesn't. the hour meter only reads 140 hours, and from the condition of this thing, i believe it really is that low.
so, since i'm not a CNC guy, and frankly an amateur hobby machinist, what would it take/how easy would it be to convert it back to manual control, OR to hook up the mazatrol and use the dials on it to manually control the servos and make it work that way? effort and cost opinions are welcome. if needed, i can send a zip file with pictures of the machine.
TIA for quick responses!
--joel
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