Anyone here converted a manual Bridgeport mill to CNC?

After building my 4x4 plasma table and my bench-top mini-mill, both of which are working lovely, I WANT MORE CNC

The old Bridgeport is looking for some love but is it worth it?

It would need a ball-screw conversion kit, these are available, plus I am guessing servo drives on X, Y and Z so I have encoder display, the knee doesn't seem to get driven on the few vids i have watched so far.

On the plus side, it's already powered via a VFD and i could likely recoup some cash by selling the working power feeds, control box and new DRO i fitted last year.

Worth a look or too expensive/not good enough...



BTW I have seen the Centroid kits but I have a feeling the price is going to prevent it, I have asked for a quote anyway.