[dan60231]

I picked up a Shizouka AN-S about a month ago for $2500. Had the Bandit control stripped off it already. The iron is in very nice shape. Has a Quick Draw tool changer on it also.

I was going to go with a Vital systems DSPMC control and Mach3 software, but I found a killer deal on a Galil 4080 on Ebay for $900 that was too good to pas up. New the controller is $3200. It was local so I picked it up and a friend of mine that's helping me with the retrofit powered it up and it seems to work perfectly. The mill also has (had) a motor for the speed control. A lot of parts like that were in a box.

My friend suggested we do a stepper motor on the speed changer and the tool changer since the electronics in the tool changer weren't all there. I picked up a couple of Nema 42 motors and drives off Ebay for that.

Does anyone here have an AN-S with a Quick Draw tool changer that's running that could take a video of the tool changer in action? Would be nice to get a visual on how it works. I've looked on youtube but nothing there.


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[garagepunkfan]

nice Shiz. i have an interest in these as well but am waffling between one of these or a smaller vmc for a first retrofit. many of the old Hasbach/Bandit CNC conversions of the Shizuoka AN-S mills did use a stepper on the speed control adjustment if that helps for reference. i think Fadal made those tool changers as one of their very early products but is probably not very well supported by the folks like Compu-Machine and I.T.S. who supply parts for the geneva-wheel changers and for later Fadal machines.