Hi,
I've just got my Bridgeport Series 1 - 2hp milling machine rigged up and into position. The machine is equipped with an Anilam Crusader 2 CNC kit. Now, I've bought this machine off a friend who cannot tell me if the CNC worked. Infact he cant tell me much at all.
Basically when I power the machine on from the isolator, the Crusader display panel comes into life as it should. The display works, the X, Z and Y positions adjust accordingly when I move the bed manually from the handles. However the mill spindle motor wont start. I've checked all fuses in the contactor box, and all contactors operate when they are supposed too. The servo motors are also dead.
The display takes it power from the board box on the back of the machine so this must be live. However the fans do not work and everything else inside this box seems to be dead. I've noticed that the spindle motor contactor in yet another seperate box is activated by two wires coming from the fan box (rear mounted box). I can only presume the contactor is not being powered by the crusader for some reason. Which means the problem must lie in the main fan / controlboard box.
Having never used a CNC controlled bridgeport mill I'm unsure as to what I need to check.
The limit switches on the guards around are the bed are all moving as they should.
Are there any other limit switches or parameters that need to be set before the motor will start? Or is there a process of buttons I need to press to allow the motor to kick in? Whats puzzling me is that the fans in the control box are dead, or is this correct? When pressing pulling out the emergency stop bottom and pressing start on the crusader dialog the box just makes one long beep before switching back to stop. Could there be an issue with the relays in the main box?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jim