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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Got My mill running :)

« on: January 25, 2007, 11:13:24 PM »

I am concentrating on the operator interface.  as I plan to use it on various machines. I will probably try to use the Bridgeport servo's and the Grex to start with. this will be my first atual cnc machine so if it mooves under it's own power it will be magical :-) also a bunch of waht I want to machine will need the 4th axis so there is that to mess with. probably Gecko and stepper motor.
would really like to see pictures of your machine  ( a picture is worth a thousand words)
Hey what about the Cincinnati machine with the Toolchanger where is that at now.  one of my friends has one and it seems like a real machine to retrofit.
ok off to bed
thanks again
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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Got My mill running :)

« on: January 25, 2007, 10:38:12 PM »

Thanks Brian,
Boy good thing I was setting down. I guess if you want to play with the big boys you have to pay.  2000 for drives, 3000 for control card 1000 for operator Interface(Elo Touch screen plus mount and MPG switches ect. )  500 for pc to run everything plus vfd and I am thinking some sort of IO expansion. I guess 7,000 In round figures. not much if you say It real fast :-)
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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Got My mill running :)

« on: January 23, 2007, 09:12:35 AM »

which model
there are a bunch
Thanks Brian
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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Got My mill running :)

« on: January 23, 2007, 08:54:46 AM »

If I could just wave my magic wand and get it to all come together. The lagun will have to have all the electricals replaced as well as all of the ballscrews. X and Y for sure. "we rolled it over and bent the X screw and the Y was having some sort of trouble before it came to me. Rockford ball screws say they can sell me a pair for about 900.00. not sure I want to put 2000.00 in that mill right now.  the Bridgeport is much closer to running. I hope to get the bridgeport running without much else but a Grex. but from some of the post's there seems to be a conversion card required to interface the Grex (stepp direction) to some sort of analog output. If that is so would I be better off just putting in the Biggest rutex drives being fed by the Grex. and using the Bridgeport servomotors and encoders.
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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Got My mill running :)

« on: January 23, 2007, 08:27:09 AM »

Ok Brian. what Is he total config if the mill. PC, Grex, touch screen and automotion direct servo's and drives. and maybe Quantum and of course Mach3 being fed with featurecam. am I close
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Getting close to purchasing parts
 

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Got My mill running :)

« on: January 23, 2007, 08:21:55 AM »

What is it about the crawler!!!!!!! i have a bunch of "stuff" but all the "machine heads" seem " Ping"on the John deere  go here www.jdcrawler.com.
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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Got My mill running :)

« on: January 23, 2007, 06:27:32 AM »

oops
My  web site is http://jeep534.smugmug.com

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Got My mill running :)

« on: January 23, 2007, 06:25:47 AM »

Brian,
     what mill is this. are there pictures posted somewhere. besides the video of it running.  I am looking for info to to retrofit 2 large knee mills a bridgeport with 30 taper and a Lagun with 40 taper. both cnc. the bridgeport is a R2E4 servo machine and a Lagun I think it is a FT3V  photo's are posted on my web site.
Thanks
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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Here is my plasma machine I am working on.

« on: January 23, 2007, 05:10:35 AM »

Cool,
    Looks like something I would like to build....... how do I / WE get more info.
Thanks for shareing
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General Mach Discussion / Re: Boss 9 retrofit querry

« on: January 22, 2007, 09:14:00 AM »

oops Should read Bridgeport boss 9 R2E4