On 2010-11-11, Karl Townsend wrote:
On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:14:46 -0600, Ignoramus16525
wrote:

On 2010-11-10, RogerN wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean by professional retrofit. New control of course,
but would you also want new motors, drives, scales or encoders, ball screws?
Personally I would only recommend an EMC or similar retrofit because the
machine isn't worth spending a lot of money ($13K) on. If I were going to
spend a good chunk of money I would prefer to find something with a tool
changer or at least an automatic drawbar (tools could be arranged on the
table for automatic machine pick up if you could control hold and release of
the draw bar).

The reason I like EMC for these machines is that it works well with the
analog signal and the encoder feedback for reasonable money.


I would never use anything but EMC, but this is not my mill.

i

The Camsoft refit I'm doing on the bedmill would probably run about
15K with new parts and a pro doing the work. The shop would be
responsible for all the electrician wiring which would be huge if
paying union rates.

I should end up just under 2K.

Awesome. I recall you found the camsoft kit on ebay. Cost of my EMC
conversion, including cost of the fourth axis Troyke rotary table and
everything, including a new PC, will be $2500.

i