ANOTHER Bridgeport Mill conversion ( Build )

[tar356]

Most of the motors that where on these machines did not have mounting plates they where direct mounted

mactec54 - Sorry, “mounting plate” was the wrong term on my part...I meant using the base plate from the stepper after disassembly.

Joe - Saw the larger motor in your video....seems like a logical choice.

Todd

[mongoose]

well, just couldn't help myself.. i battled sleet snow and ice today... and would up with another boss mill... complete with mist unit, flood pump and tank and a good amount of taper 30 tooling...

[Jim Dawson]

Ahhh, another project Funny how that just happens sometimes.

[mongoose]

So,,, one turned into four.... Finally broke down and bought a pallet jack.. used of course.. then had to repair it ..Spent the past 2 weeks making pallets for 3 of the 4 CNC bridgeports. busted my ass moving all my machines around in the shop. Even with the pallet jack its rough pushing these around by yourself ( i was using pipes ) agonized over what machines i could let go and put a bunch of wood working stuff on CL. So, now i have 3 of them where i want them and where i can work on them.. Left them on the pallets so i can easily pull them away from the wall to work on the electronics.. I may tweak them some as well.. possibly angle them a bit.. Now its time to order more parts.. need some circuit breakers, contactors etc to proceed on the controls

[amishmafia00]

Mactec, Todd, i ended up purchasing nema 42 servos with the correct mounting pattern and shaft size .. this will be a " direct fit " replacement. I just needed to get the project moving.. i previously purchased nema 34's for this machine so i will save them for the next build... at least i can use the boss to cut the adapters !!

Joe

What servos did you get that are direct fit? I have 2 boss 5 machines. I have the first converted with the original steppers and would like to eventually convert the other with servos.

[mactec54]

What servos did you get that are direct fit? I have 2 boss 5 machines. I have the first converted with the original steppers and would like to eventually convert the other with servos.

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[mongoose]

What servos did you get that are direct fit? I have 2 boss 5 machines. I have the first converted with the original steppers and would like to eventually convert the other with servos.

DMM Tech has em...

[mongoose]

Ok Gang, its been awhile... have been working on the Rigid Ram for the most part.. have the old electronics stripped out.. the machine cleaned, the oilers replaced and the control cabined blasted and powder coated.. have it re-mounted and now starting to work on the electronics

[mongoose]

color matches pretty good ! lol now ill start mounting the electronics !!! Centroid Acorn stay tuned

[mongoose]

here is the gear.. waiting on my VFD but i will be mounting the rest while i wait !