some old technology

[james mcgrew]

actually we will remove basically most of it rebuild and camaster it !!

[Michael Kowalczyk]

The 6,000,000.00 cnc it can be rebuilt. Will it get a bionic eye? I'm sure it will run faster than it was originally limited to. And knowing you Jim, the $ number will have several of the zero's removed.

[james mcgrew]

IMG_8688.jpg IMG_8693.jpg once i am finished why you'll be able to,,,,, well actually i am gonna restore it to pretty much original condition with ne controllers, it has some of the largest servos i have ever seen on a machine of this sixe for x & y. i may sell the x3 get my new camaster atc finished and send it to the barn at the farm, this one is for work

[Kent Gormat]

James,

Do you have any tips on where to find commercial units suitable for a retrofit in the Midwest? I receive auction notices from Hilco and a large local outfit in the Grand Rapids area but I haven't seen a CNC router come through in ages.

[Jerome Stanek]

Try IRS auctions. there are a lot of large cnc's that come up on that site.

[james mcgrew]

look at IRS auctions (private company) industrial recovery services

[Kent Gormat]

Thank you for the recommendation, heading there now.

[Kent Gormat]

Aside from auction sites, below are a couple of tips to help shave time off of equipment searches.

1. Use Google Alerts to scan for the presence of specific brand and model terms so you're alerted shortly after new relevant content is discovered.
2. All of Craigs http://www.allofcraigs.com/ is the most thorough nationwide Craigslist search tool I've used to date. You can search the entire US or narrow by region quite easily.

[james mcgrew]

mom has had to have some surgery and this has postponed the machine pickup, i have purchased the new motors and controller and o am ready for the retrofit and have not even got it in the shop yet !

[james mcgrew]

sorta unsure as to how to utilize the creek as i have had some post deleted but for rhe right person a fellow in san deigo is asking 3500 for a techno ( this is a steal)

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/esd/tls/2442822524.html

[Gene Crain]

...how goes the rebuild?

[Neal Schlee]

Now that's a BALLSCREW on the gantry!

I was gonna say, maybe DT went broke buying those Screws!
They made some good machines.

Neal

[james mcgrew]

been moving it around, all works well it was used for cutting foam inserts in custom luggage.

moving and set up is a feat

[Gene Crain]

update with photos please! used parts for sale?

[james mcgrew]

actually we got real busy, landed several large plants needing cabinetry, we are preping another 2000 square foot room just for panel processing in which we will set it up i have run it and it runs well!!