Planning - Bridgeport Interact 1 linuxCNC Retrofit

Alright!

I am pulling the "trigger" tomorrow :silly: I bring my Bridgeport Series 1 Interact 1 home with me!
Wish me good luck and I hope I don't drop the damn thing on the journey :woohoo:

Andy,

I hope to use solid-state relays, would be nice - but finding non-china relays may prove difficult and/or very expensive from my limited searching. Any relay's that you would suggest (model#'s?)

cncnoob1979 wrote: I hope to use solid-state relays, would be nice - but finding non-china relays may prove difficult and/or very expensive from my limited searching. Any relay's that you would suggest (model#'s?)

I have used a few Chinese ones, without problems. However I haven't used that many, partly because the GPIO interface board on my mill is a 7i64 and that has 48V / 2.5A drivers on it so things like the pneumatic valves are driven directly.

Mouser / Digikey etc sell quite a range, some are the same format as DIN-rail terminal blocks, which might be convenient.

Alright i purchased this interact 1 mill. I have it at the house. It's still on the trailer but I have to find a way to unload it. I'll post pictures tomorrow!

So I will have to remove the spindle motor to fit under a 7 ft garage door. I have plenty of space in my garage ceiling. 15ft?

Anyone with advise that has had to remove components to fit under a garage door?

cncnoob1979 wrote: Anyone with advise that has had to remove components to fit under a garage door?

Not with an Interact, no.

But others have
www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/bridgeport...-remove-head-271125/

The idea of making a fixture for the spindle that allows use of the table to lift the turret off, then swing it round and lower the table is fairly clever.

If I wanted to remove the head from this machine. Just the upper portion. Do I need to just remove these four bolts? How is the quill interface? Just a dog gear right?

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So disconnect the motor power supply and exterior attachments - hoses ect. Then remove the four bolts in the picture and will the motor and gearbox assembly come out as one pice?

Leaving the main bolts (large ones horizontal) in place. I'm trying to split it for clearance purposes.

Decided not to split the head. I will be removing the entire head unit as one piece, including the motor! All components, oil, air and wiring has been removed/disassembled . After I get this into the garage I'll reinstall the head and start to rewire all I had to remove. :dry: