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CNC Bridgeport with Heidenhein control
Ignoramus26960 wrote: On 2010-02-24, Karl Townsend wrote: Long story short, don't go in to this thinking its a quick easy job. You'll also spend a fair bit of bucks on servo drivers that work with EMC and run your servos. Karl, if you can give me a rundown of what I would need/how much time it will take/how much it will cost, it would be greatly appreciated. The major cost here will be your time. A lot to learn. My pure guess would be about two man months. The more equipment you can reuse the more you save and the more time you'll spend. Its easier to do a simple machine first, this one isn't it. Look in to how you do the servo drives with the Heidenhein scales and what all you'll need to interface all the I/O to your Linux box. These will be the two largest costs. You'll end up with a machine you control from a computer keyboard - fine for hobby work. Most of my experience is with refitting a machine so its a professional job that is better than new. Costs easily run 15K to do this. So, Karl, what would you (with your skills and all) do with this bridgeport, would you just try to restore its Interact 2 controls? i My recommendation would be to use the existing controls if it's a simple thing like replacing a monitor. Then investigate those controls to see if the servo drives and encoders would be reusable and plan the EMC2 or Mach3 retrofit while you use the current controls. When the current controls finally die and can't be repaired you'll be ready for the retrofit. |
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