Wow, youve done a good job there. This has given me a lot more confidence with my project now. I recently purchased a bridgeport series 2 interact 4 - the 2.5ton beast. Looking at it now in the barn, it is rather daunting, but I'm sure in time I will reach my goals.
The plan is to use the current servos and encoders, but rip out all the old controls/drives and replace with modern pc based stuff, rutex drives and mach3.
Out of interest where did you buy your machine cabinets and epoxy paint ? I'm not famillier with MSC .. do they have a website?
Also do you (or anyone else) have any tips for rust prevention ? My bridgeport is currently situated in far from ideal conditions - arround the corner in an open fronted 'L' shaped barn. At this time of year especially it is particularly moist in the air, and in just a few days of putting it there a lot of rust has suddenly appeared on the table and slide covers.
I have emptied an entire can of WD40 on it, the next thing will be to polish out any visible rust, clean up the machine as best possible generally, paint the paintable bits and then grease all the exposed metal parts. Appart from keeping it covered with a tarp and keeping everything well oiled is there anything else I can do to help prevent rust which isnt going to cost the earth ?
The biggest problem i think is with condensation rather than direct moisture from outside.
**Edit** - Forgot to ask .. What motors are you using (voltage, cont current, stall current ) and what size/rating is your transformer, cap and bridge rectifier ?
Dom
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