Ask HN: Anybody want a non-functional very large CNC Bridgeport Mill?
I'm clearing out an 1800 square ft warehouse and one of the items in it is a very large Bridgeport first generation CNC mill. The mill is mechanically in absolutely excellent condition, it only has a few hundred hours on it total because the electronics burned out in a bad way after it was installed in a school in the previous century.
I'm giving it away because I intend to sell the warehouse and my friend who was going to rebuild it has stated un-ambiguously that he's no longer interested in the project.
So, for the very large price of $0 you are more than welcome to this beast provided that you have the ability to transport it. I have no crane or other facilities to lift the monster, estimated weight is 1.2 metric tonne.
There are NO electronics with the machine, nor are there servos with it, you're going to have to fit servos (or maybe even steppers) to it to get it running as well as probably a VFD to control the main spindle motor. This project is definitely not for the timid.
If you're seriously interested then please drop me a line, the machine is located in Eygelshoven, Limburg, The Netherlands, so presumably it's within easy transportation reach of a good chunk of France and Germany as well as all of Luxembourg, the Netherlands and of course Belgium.
I can't do any showings or other luxuries, I live 300 Km away from the warehouse myself but I do have a friend locally that will be happy to open it up and clear a path to the machine prior to removal.
If you're looking for a stable base for your 3D CNC milling project you're probably not going to find anything better. If you want a desktop mill or this would be your first CNC project then this is probably not for you.
A picture of the beast:
http://pics.camarades.com/v/jacques/machines/dscf1225.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1