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George,

My Error 2000 eventually turned out to be a Board level repair needeng One of the 7581 ADC's to be pulled form
its socket and a replacement installed. All is working well but I am hetting...

I have a Bridgeport Boss8 R2E3 and I have had success using Tera Term as the terminal emulator and to enter the Technician password or the technician priviledge code (privilege has no "d" I know but...

Hi Shawn,

You have got it in 1 guess, I was going to rewire in delta and use a VFD with Torque vectoring. I might at a future date adda DRO then try to do CSS using the DRO to vary the speed on...

Hi,

Thanks for the kind words.

No, I haven't taken any Post grind pics yet as I've had a few other more pressing things that I have had on my plate. The regrind was £1000 for the bed the cross...

Dear All

I am hoping some of you more experienced machine restorers can help me because I am really scratching my head here. Let me start at the beginning.

I bought a very sorry Smart and Brown...

Hi Al,

It is a Siemens Micromaster vector see here Siemens Micromaster Vector Inverter Motor Drive Converter Single Phase to 3 | eBay
Don't go off the name plate details in the photo as they are...

Hi all,

I'm looking for a bit of guidance here from those in the know.

I have a single phase to three phase 3kw inverter. When I plugged it in to the mains 244VAC 50Hz (UK) the RCD tripped...

Sorry this should have read:

This does not work, the three coils are on a single iron core so the magnetic flux would cause the current to rise as the coils fight against each other. I tried it...

Hi All

I have had zero response So I am assuming that this is very unique. Below are a few pics for those that dont want to watch videos.

The Whole thing together
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This does not work, the three coild are on a single Iron core so the magnetic flux would cause the current to rise as the colis fight against each other. I tried it like this on a Tfmr that was...

On My R2E3 there are 2 switches per Axis (X and Y.....Z has 3) These are in a single housing. Then there are 2 limit and 1 Home metal stops that trigger the switches. on the X the one closes to the...

Matt,

There are two Single phase Transformers (possibly more depending on the machine voltage) that go between two phases (not phase to neutral). T1 and T3. T1 is L2 to L3. T3 is L1 and L2 so I...

Hi Forhire

I am by no means an expert on CNC machines but, from an electrical/mechanical point of view I cant see how it would be done short of moving the home switches or trigger blocks. when the...

Hi Joseph

I have a R2E3 that I have single phased and manuals of the above, do you want to explain a bit more as in the UK we dont have that system.

Alastair

Hi All

I was wondering if some kind soul could help me, I am looking for the Parts manual for a Series I R2E3. I have a good copy of all the other manuals now all I need is this one. If you have...

Hi All

I am hoping some helpful Bridgeport owner can help me here. I have an imperial and metric machine. On the Knee crank there are two dials one that reads in metric 0-2mm and one that reads in...

Hi All

I am trying to get a Boss 8.1 (inch and Metric) R2E3 series I mill working after the previous owner had a few mishaps with it. The machine is in great condition so I don't want to go...

You should be able to get It running with a VFD or a rotary phase converter either way a lot less than 4K.

I have just got my R2E3 2HP spindle drive running on a VFD. Here is what I used its...

Hi Steve

Did you ever get this to work and would you share the details on your cable including the LEDS as i am having the same issues.

Alastair

Could any one enlightent me as to what the jumpers are on the DB9 connector for the Ez-Link cable . From previous cables I have made (for other machines) it is normally 1 (DCD) to 6(DSR) and 4(DTR)...

That looks wrong to me;

should DB9 pin2 (computer TX) not go to AMP pin 8 (BOSS RX) same with DB9 pin 3 (Computer RX) and AMP pin 6 (BOSS TX). I have not got mine working but notmally TX ---->RX...