Thanks Jerry, that was very helpful advice!

On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Jerry Biehler <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Yes. You could. Should you? That's a different story.
>
> These machines are terrible even as a manual machine. To make it Cnc you
> would have to do a massive amount of work replacing the screws with ball
> screws and making it move in a useful manner. Then you are still stuck with
> a tiny, awkward work envelope.
>
> Old Cncs with dead controls do pop up now and then for little above scrap.
> Something like a Bridgeport boss or interact, that's what you want. Either
> repair the control or install a new one and away you go.
>
> -Jerry
>
> On May 21, 2015, at 12:31 PM, ioan ghip <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> http://i.imgur.com/PKzjhMX.jpg
>
> I can buy it for $100, is it worth that?
>
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