GD Engineering
Plastic
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2015
- Location
- Devizes
I've never used one of these machines before although I have heard of the company as their UK aircraft facility is in the next town to where I grew up.
Ive seen a few of these machines on eBay within my local area and have been quite tempted by the asking prices, but also surprised by the lack of uptake.
I'm aware that large groups of people don't often get things that wrong, but are they missing out on cheap CNC machine centers?
Ive done a bit of digging today and I see that they're Bridgeport based and everyone seems to hate them, but can't find any reason why. Early machines seem to use some sort of hydraulic or hydro-pneumatic control system and later machines seemed to use ballscrews. Without inspecting a machine is there any way to tell?
Presumably a ball-screw equipped machine wouldn't be a major issue to fit a modern control to.
Does anyone actually have any hands on knowledge of these either as an operator or in maintenance?
Any info would be much appreciated.
Ive seen a few of these machines on eBay within my local area and have been quite tempted by the asking prices, but also surprised by the lack of uptake.
I'm aware that large groups of people don't often get things that wrong, but are they missing out on cheap CNC machine centers?
Ive done a bit of digging today and I see that they're Bridgeport based and everyone seems to hate them, but can't find any reason why. Early machines seem to use some sort of hydraulic or hydro-pneumatic control system and later machines seemed to use ballscrews. Without inspecting a machine is there any way to tell?
Presumably a ball-screw equipped machine wouldn't be a major issue to fit a modern control to.
Does anyone actually have any hands on knowledge of these either as an operator or in maintenance?
Any info would be much appreciated.