Hurco BMC30/M LinuxCNC Refit

Hi everyone,
I would like to share my CNC build and where I am currently at with my project.
I am working on an old Hurco BMC30/M. Below is a photo of the BMC arriving at my home. 



I have now stripped the machine down to just the column and bed, I am waiting for a crane to dismantle it further.  



I now plan on splitting the column from the base and then stripping the paint and repainting the machine.
Below is an image of the old electrical cabinet, I am replacing all of the parts and am planning to make the machine a single phase machine. 

 

I hope to do an update on the build when it has progressed a bit further. 
Thanks for looking!!

Hi Tommy, Thank you for the advice but I plan on making the machine single phase and selling the components such as servopacks, motors and spindle-drive.
I hope that this plan sounds okay and will provide me with a very rigid and inexpensive machine, even if it does mean losing some of the power that the machine once had.

Thats the plan with downgrading the spindle motor and replacing out the servos, currently it's a 7.5 kW Yaskawa motor (which is more power than I need) I was thinking of downgrading it to a 2-3kW spindle which I can run off a VFD.
I hope that a 32 amp single phase connection will be enough for this, if not then I will have to reconsider.

Yeah in the UK we have 32A 2P+E single phase, I currently use this socket connector for my MIG welder.
I have some sizable Nema 34 motors laying about from a previous project so hopefully I can make up an adaptor plate this week and see how fast the feed rates are and they accuracy on the X axis with the heavy table.