Is mach the one I need??

[DennisCNC]

Mach was the first machine controller that I started with and love it!! If it wasn't for Mach I would still not have any CNC machinery. Now I got a second Bridgeport to retrofit with Mach.

[wddanie]

Dennis, Have you got this BP retrofit done yet? What accuracy do you expect? What control hardware do you plan to use? I am planning a retrofit to a Shiz AN-S mill and would appreciate your insights.

Thanks,

Doug Danielson

[DennisCNC]

It took me a while to figure out how the pneumatic drawbar works on this thing. But I got it now. I pulled the original DC spindle motor out and will use a regular AC motor with a VFD. For the stepper drives I got four Parker CD80M 140 volt 7 amp drives, should make the motors scream. I was also waiting for Ron Rogers and Briam Barker to finish up the encoder interface card (http://www.rogersmachine.net/encoderinterface.html)so I can put in the mill. If there is a tracking error (user set) Mach will stop the motors and wait till you correct it. Next few weeks I will have a lot more progress.