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  1. Re: Hurco KM3 X axis ball screw question (back lash problem)

    Sorry, im not thinking right, thrust bearings on both ends would only squeeze the screw, not the nut, and the screw is solid. Does anyone know if Hurco sells thicker spacers? or is the screw simply...
  2. Hurco KM3 X axis ball screw question (back lash problem)

    I just got a Hurco KM3 knee mill. The X axis has .010 backlash. I put an indicator on the end of the ball screw by the servo motor and the screw only moved maybe .0003 so the inner race nut is tight...
  3. Re: Serious step loss while milling : cannot find the problem

    Just a thought assuming you are not running the steppers to fast or ramping up and down to fast, those kind of issues. Even though its a "factory built" machine sometimes the factory screws up, as I...
  4. Re: Hurco CNC mill * new Centroid conrtroller, new servos, 230 single phase

    Sorry, that picture of the Bridgeport above was one I retrofit years ago, but it does prove I also did some retrofits using Mach2 software and I probably used Larken Viper drives to run those big DC...
  5. Hurco CNC mill * new Centroid conrtroller, new servos, 230 single phase

    Hello everyone, I am a machine builder with hundreds of Centroid cnc retrofits since the late 80's. I am now SEMI retired and I buy used machines and upgrade them with mostly everything that makes...
  6. Hurco CNC Knee mill parts * retrofitter take off's

    I am a cnc retrofitter and I usually don't waist any time with the old parts I take off but I thought maybe I would try again to sell these parts. Today is March 19, 2022 and these parts will be...
  7. Re: Huanyang GTseries VFD 0-10v control signal setup

    without reading all these posts, did you remember to change the little jumper to the right of the input terminals inside the drive that allow external analog input?

    I run the 4kw Huan, 5hp...
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    Re: bp1 retrofitting

    In the 90's I did a lot of this for a company that had 14 stores in the US and Canada, they were and still are also a catalog sales company, although I believe they closed a couple of stores in the...
  9. Re: Bridgeport cnc series 1 * i need advice & documentation for spindle bearing probl

    I thought I answered this, maybe it got rejected. I'm ordering #8 and they work great!
  10. Re: Bridgeport cnc series 1 * i need advice & documentation for spindle bearing probl

    A better picture of the head, not sideways.
    The pic of the back of the monitor, if you look very close, you can see the little antenna for the MPG, also the wire that hangs, the end is just under...
  11. Re: Bridgeport cnc series 1 * i need advice & documentation for spindle bearing probl

    My son found a web site and found out my machines are 1980 & 1981 models. We searched for hours and found a 1988 manual for a newer model but i think the basics are the same! The head looks the same...
  12. Bridgeport cnc series 1 * i need advice & documentation for spindle bearing problem

    Hello

    I bought these 2 Bridgeport NC mills, series 1, i have no idea what to call them so look at the pictures. (probably had Boss3 controls which are long gone) They have been sitting for maybe...
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