I'm looking for a home / hobby / prototyping CNC machine. Price is more of a factor than space. I recently ran across a seller with the following machine, and I thought I might run it by you all here, as you seem to have experience refitting / bringing some of these old, dead CNC's back to life.
I'm also curious what you would consider a reasonable price for this unit. It's about 10 hours from me (one way), so I'd like to gather all the pertinent info I can BEFORE I invest in a trip to go get it...
Here's the poop:
"It's a Bridgeport Series II CNC Mill
Needs a Monitor
It is a Bridgeport Series II With Heidenhein Control
I need this mill out of here. "
In response to my first round of questions:
"I don't know the answer to most of those questions.
I bought it from Motorola.
They ran it but when I got it to the shop the monitor was bad and now the parameters are goe because the battery is dead and it has been without power for about 2 years.
It appears to be in great shape."
My questions below:
"I am interested in the mill mentioned above. I'm curious how far it is from
running. Is the monitor the only defective issue? How are the ways,
motors, controllers, etc? If there are issues with the CNC components, how
is the mechanical / physical aspect of the unit? What's it repeat?
Condition of ways, screws, etc?
I would still be interested if the CNC aspect is shot, but I'd like to know
the core mechanicals of the unit.
If you could provide additional information and / or pictures, I would be
most appreciative. Something like this may work great for my needs as a
hobbyist."
Here are photos of the machine: