Originally Posted by
kiramunch@sympa
Hi wyofreeride. We have done quite a bit of retro fitting to our machine. We knew that we would be better off doing the retro vs getting a new machine because firstly, the build quality of the machine is far superior to machines coming off the assembly lines today. It is super heavy duty, built like a tank. We ripped out all the electronics, replaced with Gecko drivers, Chinese stepper motors, eliminated the gear boxes all together and direct drive with the steppers. We kept the rack/pinion arrangement, made custom motor mounts, bought a 12" pre built z axis, all new wiring, using mach 3 with computer, bought a new Hypertech 60 or 65 plasma with long torch cable and machine torch. We replaced all the ball bearings. We got the machine for about 1600.00 not running. We have the left over servos, cables, gear boxes, manuals, etc