swatkins
Titanium
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2011
- Location
- Navasota / Whitehall Texas
Here is my newest rebuild project. While it was born in 1995, and is by far the youngest major tool I own, I feel that in the world of modern machine tools this really is an Antique.
While there are older models of NC tools and the whole line of Bridgeport Boss CNC machines, I feel this machine is a better project to restore because it can be rebuilt and modernized to do useful work, mainly because of it's full enclosure and tool changer.
Another plus, in my mind, it the old 486x computer that handles the control part of the machine. I have lots of old computer boards, hard drives and parts that I can use if needed. I do admit that I thought my dos days were long over, glad I still remember some of the commands
I did a short video showing my progress..
While there are older models of NC tools and the whole line of Bridgeport Boss CNC machines, I feel this machine is a better project to restore because it can be rebuilt and modernized to do useful work, mainly because of it's full enclosure and tool changer.
Another plus, in my mind, it the old 486x computer that handles the control part of the machine. I have lots of old computer boards, hard drives and parts that I can use if needed. I do admit that I thought my dos days were long over, glad I still remember some of the commands
I did a short video showing my progress..