Originally posted by Scoobyh
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What little I have learned about CNC equipment, is the older operating systems and computers were outdated many years ago. The controls are basically junk, they call those dead heads. The mill it's self, can be retrofitted with modern controls and made useable again. But that takes someone that really knows what they are doing. I spent a lot of hours ready about the early days of CNC controls a while back. Most everything uses G code now, which varies quite a bit, but still somewhat standardized. The early stuff from the 80s and 90s, was typically a case of a computer and operating system was made for a brand of machine and that computer and that would be the only place it was used. Once they died, they were usually useless and wound up like the machines you have, they would get labeled as dead heads and would sit collecting dust.
I have read it is possible to purchase modern controls and have the machines retrofitted and bring them back to life. Not something just anybody is going to be able to do. I would sure like to have both the mill and the lathe, but I have no idea who to talk to about getting them retrofitted and what the cost would be.
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Originally posted by RifleBowPistol View PostWhat little I have learned about CNC equipment, is the older operating systems and computers were outdated many years ago. The controls are basically junk, they call those dead heads. The mill it's self, can be retrofitted with modern controls and made useable again. But that takes someone that really knows what they are doing. I spent a lot of hours ready about the early days of CNC controls a while back. Most everything uses G code now, which varies quite a bit, but still somewhat standardized. The early stuff from the 80s and 90s, was typically a case of a computer and operating system was made for a brand of machine and that computer and that would be the only place it was used. Once they died, they were usually useless and wound up like the machines you have, they would get labeled as dead heads and would sit collecting dust.
I have read it is possible to purchase modern controls and have the machines retrofitted and bring them back to life. Not something just anybody is going to be able to do. I would sure like to have both the mill and the lathe, but I have no idea who to talk to about getting them retrofitted and what the cost would be.
OP, those are some cool old machines. Machine #2 looks to be an old NC (Not CNC) lathe. There is no display so it probably ran using the old paper or mylar tapes. I started out on NC's and to this day, when I write a program I still call them tapes.Last edited by Goldeneagle; 09-18-2018, 04:52 AM.
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Originally posted by Goldeneagle;13628995[BFrom what I've seen over the years is retrofitting costs almost as much as a new machine[/B]. That's why most companies don't do it.
OP, those are some cool old machines. Machine #2 looks to be an old NC (Not CNC) lathe. There is no display so it probably ran using the old paper or mylar tapes. I started out on NC's and to this day, when I write a program I still call them tapes.
This. Cool old machines though. The blue mill looks like an old Hurco
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Originally posted by CentexRancher View PostVEVOR SH-G350 Laser engraver. About $1300 new.
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