BOY , I am beyond out of touch for this issue.
The photos are a bit deceptive. The MOTOR hides behind the controller . In the Y Axis drive on the web site's mill , it's invisible. Much like a few modern Automobile engines , hiding the fuel pump UNDERNEATH the intake manifold , basically within the engine .
At least the motor wouldn't be knocked off by a passing FORKLIFT that way. ?
But these drives and motors I briefly saw online
range between $250 - $800 dollars just for the components, often in used condition.
Some things I could see the investment for updating some of the original Bridgeport power feeds that might already be in place.
But it makes simply wearing out $200 dollar or less Asian Power feed seem might appealing.
Again I had simply " Made Do " for quite some time on my Home machine. Though a proper and correct Lead screw was acquired for the TYPICAL aftermarket power feed drive.?
I don't even want to elaborate on the "In The Meantime "? adapter I'd made for this power feed 25 years ago.? Why ?
The original? monstrous Cast Iron GEARBOX power feed was BROKEN off. ( and missing )?
I'd bet by a Forklift. ?. And the SCREW was BENT.
Yes I straightened the SCREW and and sectioned in parts of an end shaft to fit. Separating the brass nut and making everything function together.?
I'd made an analogy now decades ago.
That's the SIGNPOST UP AHEAD.....your next stop -The Twilight Zone - .
From my favorite author Richard Matheson's story
, *STEEL* . The battered and badly obsolete Android Boxer? " Battlin' Maxo " .
Virtually every single component that PROTRUDED in anyway from the overall mass of the machine had been bent , broken or mangled. Which meant replaced in some fashion. Almost invariably with some creation of the "Installer 's" imagination.
If maybe more like LACK thereof !???! ?
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Marty