A friend of mine bought this old Bridgeport thinking it was in running condition long story short some of the electronics have been sabotaged. My friend was basically out of luck until I found this forum a few months ago and it inspired me to do a retrofit. Let me clarify I have never no knowledge of CNC mills never even touched one until my friend made the mistake of not buying a non-working one (which he overpaid). So after countless hours of reading through some other retrofits I decided I would start on mine today. I decided to forgo trying to salvage the servos and any of the electronics and simplify my life by getting a kit from DMM-TECH which were very helpful and email back very timely. I did consider trying buying alot of pieces on my own and putting them together but my time is a important factor.
First thing is first the mechanics of the machine seem to be in good condition I believe the previous owner used it mostly for milling PCB boards apparently he retrofitted hybrids with larger batteries (plugin hybrids all the rage over here in the San Francisco bay area).
I've posted some pics would love to here what you all think and any advise would be appreciated.
First thing is first the mechanics of the machine seem to be in good condition I believe the previous owner used it mostly for milling PCB boards apparently he retrofitted hybrids with larger batteries (plugin hybrids all the rage over here in the San Francisco bay area).
I've posted some pics would love to here what you all think and any advise would be appreciated.