Thanks for the info. I'll pass on the hydraulic series-1 and wait to
find a mill with broken or obsolete controls.
That one is Orange County CA seems like a great deal with the
electronic positioners/motors in place already. Npt sure how much
shipping or truck rental usually runs, but I'm afraid getting the
thing to Seattle would be too much $$. One should come up around here
sooner or later.
Thanks again for the advice!
--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@..., Paul Amaranth <paul@...> wrote:
That also seems a little high for a Hydrapoint. They were selling for
around $400 at auction four or five years ago. I guess scrap prices
have gone up.
If you check out the practical machinist board in the for sale section,
there's a fellow in California that has a BTC-1 he wants to sell. I
think he'd take any reasonable offer (i.e. anything more than scrap).
That's a pretty decent machine as-is, but you can always retrofit if
you want.
Comes with a complete set of manuals and an assortment of toolholders.
If you buy it, you can lend me the manuals for copying :-) And if you
retrofit, you can sell me the old controls, so it's a no-lose deal :-)
No financial interest, but I have been trying to get him to scrap it
so I can get the manuals and controls :-) It's too far for me to
ship the whole machine.
If you're interested, drop me a note and I'll send you his e-mail.
Paul
On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 07:42:32AM +0100, John Stevenson wrote:
Hello group!
I've been looking for a CNC victim mill for a few years and came
across a Bridgeport on Craigslist for 650 near Seattle. I'm going to
go look at it tomorrow. What should I be looking for?
I've only worked on lathes, mills are a new to me. It seems like
they
might have different kinds of problems.
It has hydraulic cylinders in place of screws and handwheels for
the X
and Y travel.
Also wondering about moving the thing.
Thanks in advance for any tips/advice.
Sounds like a Moog Hydrapoint.
If so they are more trouble to convert than a manaul mill by the
time you have bought ball screws and maschined up for mountings.
I'd seriously keep looking.
John S.
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