I just picked up a used CNC Bridgeport in the last six months. After rigging it into the cellar I needed to build a rotary converter to get it up and running. The controller is 110V and after checking it out everything seemed to work except the CRT, it was two blurry to read. An electronic friend helped out hear and it is now OK. Now I’m trying to learn G-code. I bought a manual from the manufacture of the controller Anilam, and got the X , Y table to go through some movement last night for the first time.
I do all my drawings in AutoCAD. Some 3-D drawing but am not good at it. It takes a lot of time and I have not seen the benefit to using it in the shop. It’s only nice to see if things go together. I have heard that there is software to convert my drawing to G-code. Also the machine has a RS-232 port. I was told there is soft where I can send the G-code right to the machine from my computer.
I need all the help I can get.
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