Grenade
Plastic
- Joined
- Mar 15, 2012
- Location
- Western USA
I work for a shop that's currently selling a 2008 Sharp TMV-1 with an Anilam 3000M control. The shop purchased this machine new and it worked great up until we relocated. After the move the axes stopped responding to the control and it has sat ever since. We're now looking to get rid of this machine and I have the option to purchase it for ~2k. I'm thinking it might be a nice garage machine.
Before I pull the trigger I'd like to get a read on what I'd need to fix to be able to use this as a CNC mill again. My big questions are:
1) If something is fried in the control itself but the servos are still good, what would be involved in retrofitting a different control (possibly PC based)? Is this even possible?
2) Assuming I can get this machine under power before agreeing to purchase it, what are some basic troubleshooting steps to take to figure out what's wrong? I'd like to at least isolate the problem to the major components (control, servos, etc.)
3) If I can get this thing for 2k and spend another 2k to repair it, is it worth it for a relatively lightly used 3 axis CNC Bridgeport?
I'm pretty excited about the prospect of this but want to make sure it actually makes sense before taking action. Any help is appreciated!
Before I pull the trigger I'd like to get a read on what I'd need to fix to be able to use this as a CNC mill again. My big questions are:
1) If something is fried in the control itself but the servos are still good, what would be involved in retrofitting a different control (possibly PC based)? Is this even possible?
2) Assuming I can get this machine under power before agreeing to purchase it, what are some basic troubleshooting steps to take to figure out what's wrong? I'd like to at least isolate the problem to the major components (control, servos, etc.)
3) If I can get this thing for 2k and spend another 2k to repair it, is it worth it for a relatively lightly used 3 axis CNC Bridgeport?
I'm pretty excited about the prospect of this but want to make sure it actually makes sense before taking action. Any help is appreciated!